DISCURSIVELY
discursively, ramblingly
(adverb) in a rambling manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
discursively (comparative more discursively, superlative most discursively)
In a discursive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
DISCURSIVE
Dis*cur"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton.
– Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv.
– Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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