digressive
adjective
di·gres·sive
dī-ˈgre-siv 
də-
: characterized by digressions
a digressive talk
digressively
adverb
digressiveness
noun
Examples of digressive in a Sentence
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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Like all Kashian’s work, Alter-Kashian is densely packed, and her breakneck, digressive style doesn’t leave much room to come up for air.
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Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
The Friend’s House Is Here, with its relaxed pace and digressive sequences of late-night dinner parties, feels like a minor Godard hangout movie.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
The result is digressive, elliptical, and occasionally absurd—and yet also genuinely revealing of the mental-health challenges facing pilots and the sometimes brutal social dynamics of the cockpit.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
This is slightly digressive, but Tunde and his lover, early on in the novel, have this big argument in Lahaina, in Hawaii.
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Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
The Friend’s House Is Here, with its relaxed pace and digressive sequences of late-night dinner parties, feels like a minor Godard hangout movie.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
The result is digressive, elliptical, and occasionally absurd—and yet also genuinely revealing of the mental-health challenges facing pilots and the sometimes brutal social dynamics of the cockpit.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
This is slightly digressive, but Tunde and his lover, early on in the novel, have this big argument in Lahaina, in Hawaii.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digressive. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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