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excursive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Excursive \Ex*cur"sive\, a. Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as an excursive fancy. The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I. Taylor. -- {Ex*cur"sive*ly}, adv -- {Ex*cur"sive*ness},, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excursive adj : (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" [syn: {digressive}, {discursive}, {rambling}]
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