discursively
UKUS
C2
Definitions
adv.
In a rambling, digressive manner that wanders from the main point.
东拉西扯地，漫无边际地。
Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddis-not, apart, away
+
-ivetending to, having the nature of
+
-lyin the manner of
=discursively
dis- (apart) + curs (run) + -ly = 'running off in different directions,' i.e. wandering from topic to topic. Adverb of discursive.
Root car still carries 96 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
He wrote discursively, drifting from history to recipes within a paragraph.