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- Dictionarydigressive/dʌɪˈɡrɛsɪv/
adjective
- 1. characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject: "a digressive account"
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DIGRESSIVE definition: 1. Digressive speech or writing moves away from the main subject: 2. Digressive speech or writing…. Learn more.
The meaning of DIGRESSIVE is characterized by digressions. How to use digressive in a sentence.
Digressive definition: tending to digress; departing from the main subject.. See examples of DIGRESSIVE used in a sentence.
adjective. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. “amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things” synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling. indirect. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action. adjective.
noun. Word Frequency. digressive in American English. (dɪˈɡresɪv, dai-) adjective. tending to digress; departing from the main subject. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. digressively. adverb. digressiveness. noun.
the action of moving away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and writing or talking about something else: digression from Talking about money now would be a digression from the main purpose of this meeting.
digressive - (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
