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English Dictionary: discursive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discursive adj proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition Synonym(s): dianoetic, discursive (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" Synonym(s): digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discursive \Discur"sive\, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See {Discourse}, and cf. {Discoursive}.] 1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. [bd]Discursive* notices.[b8] --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. -- {Discur"sively}, adv. -- {Discur"siveness}, n.