DISCURSIVE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DISCURSIVE, such as:
1. They were affectionate, humorous, discursive, but not the letters of a lover.
2. As the lecturer wandered from topic to topic, we wondered what if any point there was to his discursive remarks.
2. As the lecturer wandered from topic to topic, we wondered what if any point there was to his discursive remarks.
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Meanings and Examples of DISCURSIVE
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discursive
a. tending to depart from main point or cover a wide range of subjects
Classic Sentence:
1 I had not got far into it, when I judged from her looks that she was thinking in a discursive way of me, rather than of what I said.
2 They were affectionate, humorous, discursive, but not the letters of a lover.
Example Sentence:
1 As the lecturer wandered from topic to topic, we wondered what if any point there was to his discursive remarks.