as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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Famously, his digressive speeches require deep immersion in right-wing lore to comprehend.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The show’s tone frequently changes to match the runaway plot, whose digressive subplots involve time travel, a mad scientist and his jealous nephew, and Baek-joong’s food critic ex-girlfriend (played by the celebrity fashion model Jung Ho-yeon).
—Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Yet, as digressive as its surface seems, an artist’s sense of creative organization is at work.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Trump himself has felt obliged to address his digressive rambling.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The show’s tone frequently changes to match the runaway plot, whose digressive subplots involve time travel, a mad scientist and his jealous nephew, and Baek-joong’s food critic ex-girlfriend (played by the celebrity fashion model Jung Ho-yeon).
—Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Yet, as digressive as its surface seems, an artist’s sense of creative organization is at work.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Trump himself has felt obliged to address his digressive rambling.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressive. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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