2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Discursive \Dis*cur"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. "Discursive notices." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster] A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. [1913 Webster] Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: discursively adv : in a rambling manner [syn: {ramblingly}]
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