| a. | 1. | Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. |
| 2. | Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. |
| Adj. | 1. | discursive - proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition Synonyms: dianoetic |
| 2. | discursive - (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" |