adv.
东拉西扯地, 推论地

[ adv ]
in a rambling manner
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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.

The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not
intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt.

A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle.

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in
reasoning; argumentative.

Reason is her being,
Discursive or intuitive. --Milton.
-- {Dis*cur"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ness}, n.