Desultory
Desultory adjective - Passing from one topic to another.
Usage example: a desultory discussion about the news of the day
Excursive
Excursive adjective - Passing from one topic to another.
Usage example: an excursive story line that some readers of Melville's novel find very rewarding
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Synonyms for Excursive
Desultory and excursive are semantically related in discursive topic. You can use "Desultory" instead an adjective "Excursive".
Nearby Words: excursion, excursionist
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Related pairs
- disorderly and desultory
- disorderly and excursive
- indiscriminate and desultory
- indiscriminate and excursive
- unsettled and desultory
- unsettled and excursive
- loose and desultory
- loose and excursive
- vagrant and desultory
- vagrant and excursive
- wandering and desultory
- wandering and excursive
- aberrant and desultory
- aberrant and excursive
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