discursively

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discursively - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Discursive \Dis*cur"sive\, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See
     Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
     1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide
        field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive
        notices." --De Quincey.
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              The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not
              intense, but discursive.              --Hazlitt.
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              A man rather tacit than discursive.   --Carlyle.
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     2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in
        reasoning; argumentative.
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              Reason is her being,
              Discursive or intuitive.              --Milton.
        -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
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discursively - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  discursively
      adv 1: in a rambling manner [syn: discursively, ramblingly]