daɪənəʊˈɛtɪk daɪˈɡɹɛsɪv dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv ˈɹæm.blɪŋ (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 proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition