discursive

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·cur·sive /dɪsˈkɜːsɪv $ -ɜːr-/ adjective formal  CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERdiscussing many different ideas, facts etc, without always having a clear purpose 东拉西扯的，散漫的 a long, discursive article 一篇冗长且不着边际的文章 —discursively adverb

Examples from the Corpus

discursive• Rich's novels are circling and discursive.• Now their conversation was discursive and jokey.• For a human reader a discursive natural language definition is a more sensible format.• Derrida himself is interested in the tension created between discursive play and history.• But such analyses do not take the discursive power of historical and social relations seriously enough.• This will involve a study of differences in kinds of knowledge and discursive practices.• Hemingway's short sentences derive their power from their revolt against earlier, more discursive styles.Origin discursive (1500-1600) Medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discursus; → DISCOURSE1

dis·cur·sive adjectiveChineseSyllable  

ideas, always etc, without clear facts Corpus a having different discussing many

discursive
di‧scur‧sive /dɪˈskɜːsɪv $ -ɜːr-/ adjective formaldiscussing many different ideas, facts etc, without always having a clear purpose:
    a long, discursive article
—discursively adverb

dis·cur·siveBrE /dɪsˈkɜːsɪv/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈkɜːrsɪv/ 🔊 adjective (formal) (of a style of writing or speaking 书面或口头表达方式) moving from one point to another without any strict structure 东拉西扯的；离题的；不着边际的◆the discursive style of the novel这部小说的散漫风格