'Discursively' definitions:
Definition of 'discursively'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a rambling manner [syn: discursively, ramblingly]
Definition of 'Discursively'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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]