Digress Synonyms and Antonyms
dī-grĕs', dĭ-
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Synonyms for Digress
To go wrong; be in error; deviate (from what is right)
(Botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction:
To talk in an incoherent, rambling way; drivel
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The definition of circuitous is something oblique, roundabout or longer than the most direct way.
Characterized by digressions; rambling.
Based on the conscious use of reasoning rather than on intuition
excursional
Characterized by many curves or turns; winding:
Moving in a random fashion; having no fixed direction or pattern:
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apostrophic
Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
To go away; leave:
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
To veer is to turn or swerve sharply or to go off course.
To deviate from the established moral code; do wrong
To ramble; digress.
To turn away from accepted belief or morals
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Causing divergence
The definition of tangential is something only partially related to a main point, or something that verges slightly off-course.
Not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky
To indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word or phrase (Ex.: o' for of, it's for it is)
An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
(Rare, figuratively) Digression.
Straying off from a course or way
A short trip taken with the intention of returning to the point of departure; short journey, as for pleasure; jaunt
A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.
Irrelevance.
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Parenthesis refer to punctuation marks "(" and ")" used to separate relevant information or a comment from the rest of the text, or to enclose mathematical symbols, or the text inside of these marks.
tangency
The condition of being tangent.
divaricate
To diverge at a wide angle; spread apart.
To proceed or move unhurriedly or aimlessly:
To insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis
To move or pass over the body:
Shakespeare
To turn away from the main issue or course; divert or be diverted
To move or lag behind another or others:
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
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