RAMBLINGLY

discursively, ramblingly

(adverb) in a rambling manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

ramblingly (comparative more ramblingly, superlative most ramblingly)

In a rambling manner.

He talked on, ramblingly, with an effort at unconcern […]

Source: Wiktionary


Ram"bling*ly, adv.

Definition: In a rambling manner.

RAMBLING

Ram"bling, a.

Definition: Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.

RAMBLE

Ram"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling.] Etym: [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]

1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind Locke.

2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.

3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson.

Syn.

– To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.

Ram"ble, n.

1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift.

2. Etym: [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining)

Definition: A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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