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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.
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"
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.
How to use . digressive in a sentenceHe is known to be difficult, because of his love of the Latinate, and his non-linear, digressive, even symphonic, narrative style.
characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
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. Word origin. [ 1605–15; ‹ L dīgressīvus. See digress, -ive] Word Frequency.
