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rambling

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rambling in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (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"
    digressive  discursive  excursive  rambling 
  2. of a path e.g.
    "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
    meandering  rambling  wandering  winding 
  3. spreading out in different directions
    "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
    sprawling  straggling  rambling  straggly 
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