digressive
adjective
di·gres·sive
dī-ˈgre-siv 
də-
: characterized by digressions
a digressive talk
digressively
adverb
digressiveness
noun
Examples of digressive in a Sentence
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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The tabloid reader commuting home on the No. 4 train was given the same all-access pass to his protean intellect and lyrical, digressive sentences as the Park Avenue neighbor of William F. Buckley’s reading him, fireside, in the more rarefied outlets.
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Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 16 May 2025
But as this season has gotten more hilariously digressive in its social experiments, so has Fielder in pressing for ever-more-absurd attempts at verisimilitude.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 May 2025
The novel is detailed, digressive, densely populated, dull at times (as life is) and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather.
—Mj Franklin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
His narratives often seem spontaneously discovered to the point of digressive fascination, yet his works and scenes of nonfiction are no less craftsmanlike or refined than his fictional ones.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 16 May 2025
But as this season has gotten more hilariously digressive in its social experiments, so has Fielder in pressing for ever-more-absurd attempts at verisimilitude.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 May 2025
The novel is detailed, digressive, densely populated, dull at times (as life is) and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather.
—Mj Franklin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
His narratives often seem spontaneously discovered to the point of digressive fascination, yet his works and scenes of nonfiction are no less craftsmanlike or refined than his fictional ones.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digressive. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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