Pronunciations (2)
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/dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
Pronunciation notes
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dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Pronunciation notes
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Adjective
Of or concerning discourse. Tending to digress from the main point.
Usage- of speech or writing
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This period had long since passed; the discursive reading, the enlightened discourse of her grandfather, had cast her mind in a different mould to the usual superstition of her country; but faith and love were only more pure and perfect in a soul too innocent not to be religious.
This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
Of or concerning discourse. Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
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Adjective
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
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(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
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amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
a rambling discursive book
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his excursive remarks
a rambling speech about this and that