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Digressive is an English word with synonyms like tangential or irrelevant. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Digressive in a sentence

Digressive meaning

  1. Marked by digression; rambling
  2. Being a digression; off-topic

Synonyms of Digressive

tangential irrelevant discursive excursive rambling indirect

Related words

Other words often associated with Digressive or its synonyms:

meandering extraneous wandering mediate diversionary unsuitable dianoetic circuitous impertinent relevant direct sidelong

Using Digressive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Marked by digression; rambling | Being a digression; off-topic
  • Useful related words include: tangential, irrelevant, discursive, excursive.

Context around Digressive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

loose 1×

Often after:

education 1× answers 1×

Sentence patterns with Digressive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by a digressive education in 1× with loose digressive answers crammed 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but the route 1× wide eyed genial 1×

Common sentence endings:

a pharma journalist 1× group earth first 1×

Words around Digressive

Just before it in the word index:

digressions 14 digression 20 digressing 6 digresses 3 digressed 4 digress 34

Just after it in the word index:

digroup 3 digs 462 digue 3 digva 2 digvijay 17 digvijaya 18

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Digressive

  • In this selection, "digressive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, loose, education and answers stand out and add context to how "digressive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by a digressive education in and with loose digressive answers crammed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "digressive" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with digressive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Wide-eyed, genial and slightly hippyish, she responds to questions with loose, digressive answers crammed with detail about everything from Nordic folk tales to the radical environmental group Earth First. (30 words)

But the route to a professional kitchen, for Arora, was a circuitous one, marked by a digressive education in mass media at Jai Hind College in Mumbai, that she followed up with a job as a pharma journalist. (38 words)

Longer example sentences

But the route to a professional kitchen, for Arora, was a circuitous one, marked by a digressive education in mass media at Jai Hind College in Mumbai, that she followed up with a job as a pharma journalist. (38 words)

Wide-eyed, genial and slightly hippyish, she responds to questions with loose, digressive answers crammed with detail about everything from Nordic folk tales to the radical environmental group Earth First. (30 words)

Example sentences (2)

But the route to a professional kitchen, for Arora, was a circuitous one, marked by a digressive education in mass media at Jai Hind College in Mumbai, that she followed up with a job as a pharma journalist.

Wide-eyed, genial and slightly hippyish, she responds to questions with loose, digressive answers crammed with detail about everything from Nordic folk tales to the radical environmental group Earth First.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "digressive" in a sentence?
An example: "But the route to a professional kitchen, for Arora, was a circuitous one, marked by a digressive education in mass media at Jai Hind College in Mumbai, that she followed up with a job as a pharma journalist." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "digressive" from authentic English texts.
What does "digressive" mean?
Digressive means: Marked by digression; rambling
What are synonyms of "digressive"?
Common synonyms of "digressive" include: tangential, irrelevant, discursive, excursive, rambling, indirect.
How many example sentences with "digressive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "digressive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.