Thesaurus: discursive

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1. a. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
2. a. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
3. adj. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
4. adj. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
5. 1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle. 2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
6. j:100 s proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition s (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects