formal
: talking or writing about many different things in a way that is not highly organized
The instructor gave a discursive [=rambling] lecture that wandered from one topic to another.
discursive prose
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“Discursive.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/discursive. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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