- Discursively
- Discursive Dis*cur"sive, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See
{Discourse}, and cf. {Discoursive}.]
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide
field; roving; digressive; desultory. ``Discursive
notices.'' --De Quincey.
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The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. [1913 Webster]
Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.