digressive
adjective
di·gres·sive
dī-ˈgre-siv 
də-
: characterized by digressions
a digressive talk
digressively
adverb
digressiveness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of digressive in a Sentence
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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Wong, 52, is blunt but happily digressive, playful but quite serious.
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Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
The animated brothers are rarely without weed for long, and their surreal adventures through gentrifying Brooklyn are filled with digressive side quests that maintain a stoner’s perfectly loopy internal logic.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
The conversations—with Moyra Davey, Jacqueline Rose, and Simone White, among others—are as varied as the respective ties between the interlocutors, who are in some cases meeting over video and in others exchanging long, digressive dialogue via e-mail.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
With a playful, digressive style, Moghaddam considers the layers of the hijab and the ways that a dress code both enables and disables self-expression.
—Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
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Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
The animated brothers are rarely without weed for long, and their surreal adventures through gentrifying Brooklyn are filled with digressive side quests that maintain a stoner’s perfectly loopy internal logic.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
The conversations—with Moyra Davey, Jacqueline Rose, and Simone White, among others—are as varied as the respective ties between the interlocutors, who are in some cases meeting over video and in others exchanging long, digressive dialogue via e-mail.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
With a playful, digressive style, Moghaddam considers the layers of the hijab and the ways that a dress code both enables and disables self-expression.
—Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digressive. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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