excursive

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Charm abounds — again, this is Tom Hanks — but “Masterpiece” is too often a maddeningly excursive endeavor that made me think, more than once, of a Richard Scarry book without the drawings.

From New York Times

But it’s less linear — the excursive record of a lifelong pilgrim over the 40 years since her groundbreaking debut album, “Horses.”

From Washington Post

Rather, it is a more excursive record of a lifelong pilgrim, illustrated by Smith’s own black-and-white photographs, filled with mementos mori and personal accounts of her travels, her artistic obsessions and inspirations.

From Washington Post

Such excursive enterprise was alien to the genius of the British colonies.

From Project Gutenberg

I stopped at a pleasant village some distance from Abergavenny, where I rested some time, making little excursive progressions round the country.

From Project Gutenberg