Discursiveness (Noun)
Meaning
The quality of being discursive.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The professor's discursiveness made the lecture feel like it was dragging on for hours.
- Her discursiveness as a writer often resulted in chapters that were longer than they needed to be.
- The poet's discursiveness was both a virtue and a vice, allowing for rich imagery but also meandering themes.
- The author's discursiveness made the book feel like a collection of loosely connected essays rather than a cohesive narrative.
- The teacher's discursiveness during office hours often led to insightful tangents, but also made it difficult to stay on topic.