"digressive" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "digress"
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        "Marked by digression; rambling"
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          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
          "word": "abschweifend"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
          "word": "csapongó"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
          "word": "elkalandozó"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
          "word": "digressivo"
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          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
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          "word": "divagatorio"
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          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
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          "word": "digresivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
          "word": "maliklik"
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          "ref": "1987 April 25, Felice Picano, “The Truth About \"Violet Quill\"”, in Gay Community News, page 4:",
          "text": "I continue to be amused and amazed by the astonishing twaddle that's continually written about the so-called Lavendar ^([sic]) or Violet Quill Club. The latest example of this is an unmotivated, digressive swipe at the Violet Quill (VQ) in T.R. Witomiski's reply letter to various critics in GCN.",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "digression"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
      "word": "abschweifend"
    },
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      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
      "word": "csapongó"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
      "word": "elkalandozó"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
      "word": "digressivo"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "divagatorio"
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      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
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      "word": "digresivo"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "marked by digression; rambling",
      "word": "maliklik"
    }
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  "word": "digressive"
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