excursive ex·cur·sive uncommon adjective 1. (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” “;” “;” “;” Synonymsdigressivediscursiverambling Similarindirect WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.