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Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

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  1. a. Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
  2. adj. of superficial relevance if any
  3. adj. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
  4. Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression. Johnson.
  5. Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature ofdigression. Johnson.
  6. j:100 s. of superficial relevance if any s. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects