Leaving a specified track; deviating from a specified rule or principle. Of remarks, discussions, etc.: Wandering from the subject, irrelevant. Obs…

That passes from one subject to another, esp. in a rapid or irregular manner; extending over or dealing with a wide range of subjects; expansive…

Of discourse: Free, loose, discursive. Obsolete.

Characterized by digressing; diverging from the way or the subject; given to digression; of the nature of, or marked by, digression.

Of the nature of an excursion; consisting of excursions or sallies (obsolete in literal sense).

Vaguely or incoherently discursive; rambling.

Wandering, roving, vagabond. Also figurative.

Of the nature of a digression.

Characterized by or using parenthesis; = parenthetical, adj. 2. Now rare.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of or pertaining to digression; characterized by digression.

Characterized by parenthesis; given to the use of parenthesis; full of parentheses.

That tends to pass from one object of thought to another; discursive.

That passes from one subject to another; of the nature of a digression; discursive. Now rare.

Also, of a literary work: Characterized by the frequent introduction of episodes.

figurative. Of a narrative: Circuitous, rambling.