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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for digressive:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

digressive
    adj 1: of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion
           to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark" [syn:
           digressive, tangential]
    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, discursive, excursive, rambling]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Digressive \Di*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. digressif.]
   Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of
   digression. --Johnson.
   [1913 Webster]

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