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- pronunciation:
- dih
skuhr
sihv
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
ranging over numerous topics, esp. in an orderly or coherent way.
Her discursive essay on Chaucer covered many aspects of his writings.- antonyms:
- concise, succinct
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| definition 2: |
proceeding by reason rather than intuition, as an argument or discourse.
- synonyms:
- deductive, ratiocinative
- similar words:
- Aristotelian, inductive, logical, rational, reasonable
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| related words: |
cursory |
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| derivations: |
discursively (adv.), discursiveness (n.) |
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