Discursive
[də-SKUR-siv]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, 16th century
1.
Digressing from subject to subject.
2.
(Of a style of speech or writing) Fluent and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated.
Examples of Discursive in a sentence
"The author’s talk wasn’t showy, but he spoke with the same discursive eloquence with which he wrote."
"My favorite college professor gave discursive lectures that connected widely different subjects."
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