discursive

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Cross John McEnroe with Ratso Rizzo and you’ll have some idea of whom you’ll be spending this long, discursive trip with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The coin of the realm on such shows is small-talk riffing and discursive, big-ideas bullshitting, and he excelled at neither.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025

Jelinek’s signature dramatic form is the theatrical monologue: lengthy paragraphs of discursive text without clearly indicated characters, stage directions or conventional plot.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Ms Sturgeon said there should have been a "clearer record" of what she called "discursive, non-decision making" meetings.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt