Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or consisting in digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

Etymologies

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digression +‎ -al

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Examples

  • But worker's wages are staggering and you know the dilapidated housing and the digressional school system in cities.

    CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2008 2008

  • a very extensive system of distresses arising out of the latest, the eighth of these digressional adventures ....

    Mr. Britling Sees It Through 1906

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