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Meaning of discursive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  discursive
      adj 1: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather
             than intuition [syn: {dianoetic}, {discursive}]
      2: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main
         point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly
         digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among
         other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive
         remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" [syn:
         {digressive}, {discursive}, {excursive}, {rambling}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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