discoursive

adjective

dis·​cour·​sive

-sēv also -səv

1

a

obsolete : characterized by reason or reasoning : rational

b

: argumentative, expository

material quoted for critical, satirical, discoursive, … and scholarly purposes

—Margaret Nicholson

2

obsolete : constituting or containing dialogue or discourse : conversational

discoursively

-sə̇vlē

-li

adverb

discoursiveness

-sivnə̇s

-sēv- also -səv-

noun

plural -es

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