DISCURSION

Etymology

Noun

discursion (countable and uncountable, plural discursions)

(obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.

(rare, figuratively) Digression.

(philosophy) Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*cur"sion, n. Etym: [LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.]

Definition: The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SEARCHINGLY

(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”


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