Discursive
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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SANE
Mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

MAZY
Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"

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WORDY
Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

WINDY
Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

SNAKY
Resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

LOOSE
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

NOMAD
A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

ROUND
The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"

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ZIGZAG
An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

SPIRAL
Move in a spiral or zigzag course

ROTARY
Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa

ROVING
Travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

SOPHIC

BRIGHT
Full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"

ERRANT
Straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

PROLIX
Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"

NOETIC
Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

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APRIORI
Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment"

VEERING
The act of turning aside suddenly

VERBOSE
Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

WINDING
The act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

VAGRANT
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

ROAMING

TURNING
Act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"

RANGING
Wandering freely; "at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her"

ORBITAL
Of or relating to the eye socket; "orbital scale"; "orbital arch"

OSHAPED

OBLIQUE
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

NOMADIC
Migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

HELICAL
In the shape of a coil

GADDING

KNOWING
A clear and certain mental apprehension

ERRATIC
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster

DEVIANT
Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

DEFUSED

DIFFUSE
Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

DEVIOUS
Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

AIMLESS
Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

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RAMBLING
Of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

MIGATORY

TWISTING
The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

VEGABOND

SWERVING
The act of turning aside suddenly

STARYING

SHIFTING
The act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

SENSIBLE
Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

RATIONAL
An integer or a fraction

FUGITIVE
Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

INDIRECT
Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

MAIEUTIC

GYPSYISH

FLOATING
Borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"

FLITTING

EPISODIC
Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"

EPAGOGIC

BYTHEWAY
Introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party"

CIRCULAR
Having a circular shape

DRIFTING
Aimless wandering from place to place

ANALYTIC
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"

ABERRANT
One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

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WANDERING
Travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

TRANSIENT
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

TRAIPSING

SYNTHETIC
Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch

STROLLING

NOTSODUMB

SORITICAL

PLANETARY
Having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

MIGRATORY
Used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds"

INDUCTIVE
Arising from inductance; "inductive reactance"

GYPSYLIKE

FOOTLOOSE
Free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"

DIALECTIC
Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

DEVIATORY

DEVIATIVE

DEVIATING

DESULTORY
Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"

DEPARTING

DEDUCTIVE
Involving inferences from general principles

AMBAGIOUS
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)

AFORTIORI
With greater reason; for a still stronger, more certain reason; "if you are wrong then, a fortiori, so am I"

DIANOETIC
Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

EXCURSIVE
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"

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DIGRESSIVE
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"

UNDIRECTED
Aimlessly drifting

TRANSITORY
Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

STRAGGLING
Spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"

SERPENTINE
Resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

ROUNDABOUT
A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

REASONABLE
Marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"

MEANDERING
Of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

MAUNDERING

LANDLOPING

LONGWINDED

IDEATIONAL
Being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"

DIVAGATORY

DISCURSIVE
Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

DIGRESSING

CONCEPTUAL
Being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category"