digressive

digressive is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
2. 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"

   Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling

3. adjective. of superficial relevance if any

   "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"

   "a tangential remark"

   Synonyms: tangential

Synonyms

discursive, excursive, rambling, tangential

Common word forms

digressively, digressiveness

Words from these letters

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