digressive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective of superficial relevance if any
adjective (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

From digress + -ive.

But a truce to digressive explanation. — Black Ivory, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
In a word, my work is digressive, and it is progressive too,—and at the same time. — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne

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