digressionary

passing from one topic to another the professor's digressionary style is appealing to some students and completely off-putting to others Synonyms desultory, digressional, discursive, digressive, excursive, leaping, maundering, meandering, rambling, wanderingRelated Words circuitous, deviating, devious, indirect, roundaboutNear Antonyms coherent, consistent, logical; direct, focused (also focussed), straightforward, undeviating