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Term: Disursive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Of or relating to discourse or conversation

Usage: She had a disursive writing style, often going off on tangents in her essays.

Sample Sentence 1: The professor's disursive lecture covered a wide range of topics.

Sample Sentence 2: During the disursive discussion, everyone had the opportunity to express their opinions.

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Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 2: Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive

Usage: His disursive thoughts caused him to lose focus during the meeting.

Sample Sentence 1: The disursive nature of his speech made it difficult to follow his main argument.

Sample Sentence 2: She couldn't stay on topic and kept veering into disursive storytelling.

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Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 3: Deductive; moving from general to particular

Usage: The disursive reasoning used in the scientific study provided solid conclusions.

Sample Sentence 1: His disursive approach to problem-solving allowed for thorough analysis of the situation.

Sample Sentence 2: The disursive method employed by the researcher uncovered patterns that were previously unnoticed.

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