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digressively

digressively

7.9
In a way that moves away from the main topic
  • adverb
  • /daɪˈɡrɛsɪvli/
  • Formal
translation icon : digresivamente
  • He often shared his thoughts digressively, leading the discussion away from the original question.

Examples

  • During the lecture, she spoke digressively about her childhood instead of focusing on the main topic.

  • While explaining the theory, she digressively recounted a personal anecdote that seemed unrelated to the subject.

  • what really happened ways to cancel my life digressively/each space relating to nothing other than itself (5)

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

discursively
vsdigressively
8.5

In a way that moves from topic to topic when someone speaks or writes

leaves the main subject without roaming across many topics
unthematically
vsdigressively
  • Literature
9.9

Does not follow a main subject, so topics appear mixed

departs from the main subject rather than just lacking theme organization

How Digressive

digressively
  • Formal
7.9
tangentially
6 7.7
incidentally
159 4.8
directly
88 1.4

Surface Forms

digressively positive

Morphology

digressively = digressive (transparent) = digress + ive + ly

Forming an adverb with '-ly' from the adjective 'digressive' is a regular and predictable derivation.

Etymology

The word digressively comes from the parts di- 'away' and gress 'step', the same gress you have in progress, meaning 'step forward'. So to speak digressively is to 'step away' from the main subject or topic.