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Digressive

adjective
1.
Of superficial relevance if any.  Synonym: tangential.  "A tangential remark"
2.
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.  Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling.  "A rambling discursive book" , "His excursive remarks" , "A rambling speech about this and that"






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Words linked to "Digressive" :   tangential, indirect, digress, irrelevant, discursive



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