Associations to the word «Digressive»

Wiktionary

DIGRESSIVE, adjective. Marked by digression; rambling

Dictionary definition

DIGRESSIVE, adjective. Of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark".
DIGRESSIVE, adjective. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne