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What is the adjective for digressively?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb digress which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

digressional
  1. Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. digressive, rambling, discursive, meandering, wandering, digressionary, excursive, maundering, desultory, leaping, diffuse, circuitous, verbose, circumlocutory, indirect, roundabout, roaming, roving, episodic, tangential, erratic, divergent, errant, diffusive, drifting, tortuous, convoluted, anfractuous, circular, tangent, loosely related, wordy, prolix, lengthy, pleonastic, periphrastic, ambagious, long, logorrhoeic, waffly, conversational, musing, broad, deviating, loose, long-winded, windy, garrulous, tedious, protracted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “During the lecture, the professor shared digressional stories that were loosely related to the main topic, often diverting the attention of the students.”
digressive
  1. Marked by digression; rambling
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rambling, discursive, meandering, wandering, diffuse, digressional, digressionary, circuitous, circumlocutory, maundering, excursive, desultory, leaping, divergent, tangential, drifting, episodic, verbose, wordy, prolix, lengthy, long-winded, periphrastic, windy, ambagious, protracted, pleonastic, indirect, tedious, roundabout, garrulous, logorrheic, logorrhoeic, tortuous, circumlocutionary, redundant, overlong, boring, tiresome, wearisome, long, dragged out, gassy, palaverous, long-drawn-out, padded, oblique, loquacious, talkative, roaming … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Unfortunately, the result is a digressive book of little practical political use to those able to respond tangibly to famine.”
      “His characters live untidy lives and often fall into digressive daydreams, so troubled are their souls.”
      “In his strange digressive and allusive biography of Christ he presents him as the incarnation of the overwhelming mystery of God.”
digressionary
  1. Serving as a digression.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. digressive, rambling, discursive, digressional, meandering, wandering, excursive, maundering, desultory, leaping, diffuse, circuitous, verbose, circumlocutory, indirect, roundabout, roaming, roving, tangential, episodic, erratic, divergent, errant, tortuous, drifting, diffusive, convoluted, anfractuous, circular, tangent, loosely related, wordy, prolix, lengthy, pleonastic, periphrastic, ambagious, long, logorrhoeic, waffly, conversational, musing, broad, deviating, loose, long-winded, windy, garrulous, tedious, protracted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Due to the digressionary nature of the professor's lectures, it was often difficult to follow the main point of the lesson.”
digressed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of digress
  2. Synonyms:
      3. divagated, sidetracked, excursed, strayed, wandered, got sidetracked, gotten sidetracked, went off at a tangent, gone off at a tangent, deviated from the topic, got off the point, gotten off the point, got off the subject, gotten off the subject, lost the thread, strayed from the point, strayed from the subject, went off on a tangent, gone off on a tangent, got off the track, gotten off the track, shifted, changed, switched, evolved, pivoted, turned, veered, drifted, morphed, transformed, diverged, fluctuated, metamorphosed, slipped, swang, swung, swungen, varied, converted, deviated, mutated, progressed, transmogrified, modulated, vacillated, rambled, blathered, blethered, circumlocuted … more
digressing
  1. present participle of digress
  2. Synonyms:
      3. divagating, sidetracking, excursing, straying, wandering, getting sidetracked, going off at a tangent, deviating from the topic, getting off the point, getting off the subject, losing the thread, straying from the point, straying from the subject, going off on a tangent, getting off the track, shifting, changing, switching, evolving, pivoting, turning, veering, drifting, morphing, transforming, diverging, fluctuating, metamorphosing, slipping, swinging, varying, converting, deviating, mutating, progressing, transmogrifying, modulating, vacillating, rambling, blathering, blethering, circumlocuting, expatiating, maundering, rambling on, going on, rattling on, rabbiting on, wittering on … more
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