excursive

adjective

ik-ˈskər-siv How to pronounce excursive (audio)
Definition of excursivenext
as in rambling
passing from one topic to another an excursive story line that some readers of Melville's novel find very rewarding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excursive
  1. rambling
  2. wandering
  3. discursive
  4. indirect
Adjective
  • There is more than 178 feet of beach and ocean frontage, which can be accessed via a rambling wooden staircase.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some, of course, will find this style of writing off-putting and too rambling or the prose verging on purple, the narrative perhaps not story-driven enough.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of rambling
Adjective
  • The film is narrated in the languages of the cultures the characters move through, as Burmese gives way to Thai, to Vietnamese, and beyond — a wandering, collective dream.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Take in all of Bernardo’s wandering wonder, then listen to what makes your traveling heart beat stronger.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of wandering
Adjective
  • For all the discursive conversations about finding meaning in a dying world, this is still fundamentally a show where plot takes precedence over character.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Although Pinker writes as a scientist, his approach in this book is discursive rather than deductive, charmingly but not quite persuasively advancing his ex cathedra views about life in general.
    Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Definition of discursive
Adjective
  • This growth was driven by an increase in both direct and indirect revenues.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The Irish scored on an indirect free kick from inside the penalty area to tie the game with 10 seconds left as Mitch Ferguson’s shot deflected off a Cardinal defender and past goalkeeper Rowan Schnebly, whose time wasting had drawn a yellow card to set up the free kick.
    Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of indirect
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“Excursive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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