• (British) IPA: /dɪsˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

discursive

1. (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

     This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.

2. (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

• discourse