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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -discursist-, *discursist*
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Discursist

n. A discourser. [ Obs. ] L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discursive

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The power he [ Shakespeare ] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason is her being,
Discursive or intuitive. Milton.

-- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
discursive(adj) ซึ่งอ้อมค้อม, See also: ซึ่งไกลประเด็น, Syn. disconnected, cursory
discursively(adv) อย่างอ้อมค้อม, See also: อย่างไม่ตรงไปตรงมา

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
discursive(ดิสเคอร์'ซิฟว) adj. อ้อมค้อม, ไกลประเด็น, สับสน., Syn. digressive, diffuse, Ant. organized

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
discursive(adj) ก้าวก่ายกัน, สับสน, อ้อมค้อม

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
discursive

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
discursive
discursively
discursiveness

WordNet (3.0)
discursively(adv) in a rambling manner, Syn. ramblingly
discursiveness(n) the quality of being discursive

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Discursive

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The power he [ Shakespeare ] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason is her being,
Discursive or intuitive. Milton.

-- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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