Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

00768397-a '(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects';

English

rambling , digressive ( ⊳ ) , discursive ( ⊳ ) , excursive

Definitions

Japanese: （例えば、スピーチと文章の）要点から離れるか、またはさまざまなテーマを対象とする傾向があるさま
― 他の中から女性のファッションに対して皮肉のあてこすりで面白おかしく本題をそれる; 散漫で取りとめのない本; 彼の散漫な発言; あれこれと散漫なスピーチ
English: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
― amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things; a rambling discursive book; his excursive remarks; a rambling speech about this and that

Relations

Similar to:	indirect
Semantic Field:	all_a

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ ▲ ▷ (Past: 0.001; Present: 0.457; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▽ (+0.38 -0.00)