dis·cur·sive /dɪsˈkɝsɪv/
(a.)散漫的,不得要領的
Dis·cur·sive a.
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. “Discursive notices.”
The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt.
A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
Reason is her being,
Discursive or intuitive. --Milton.
-- Dis*cur*sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur*sive*ness, n.
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discursive
adj 1: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than
intuition [syn: dianoetic]
2: (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, excursive, rambling]