digressive
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Tolerant readers will delight in the digressive nature of this inventive book, though others may be disoriented by a story that drastically switches gears before concluding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Having just nabbed the Pulitzer Prize, Bess Wohl’s where-did-the-feminist-movement-go-wrong? play “Liberation” seems the likely winner, and a worthy one, despite its shaggy and digressive structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The dialogue is naturally digressive, sliding in just as much exposition as needed with a magician’s sleight of hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Reporting on this impact is far more helpful than digressive debates over the exact meaning of the word "fascist."
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
This digressive introductory programme has been somewhat long, but the Jubilee-period was so, too: the longer the St. John's day of a country, the longer its St. Thomas's night.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
