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词汇 excursively
释义 excursively
adverb
 formaluk /ɪkˈskɜː.sɪv.li/ us /ɪkˈskɝː.sɪv.li/

excursivelyadverb (WRITE OR TALK)


If someone reads, writes, or speaks excursively, they move away from the main subject and read or talk about something else:
Users of the website tend to read excursively, which can cause comprehension problems.
I used to pick up books at random and read them excursively.
Synonym
digressively
The essay seems to be composed of information excursively gathered up and stuck together.
The subject is studied excursively, with the aim of collecting general information rather than gaining a deep understanding.
I have read only rather excursively about the matter.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
hedging
implicit
mealy-mouthed
obscure
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
unexpressed
unvoiced

excursivelyadverb (MOVE)


biology literary or specialized
in a way that moves away from the usual direction or place, or in many different directions: 散漫地
The child wandered excursively, sometimes behind his mother, and at other times in front. 这个孩子散漫地地走着,有时跟在他妈妈后面,有时走在前面。
I hiked for several days, sometimes excursively, and at other times pursuing the direct course of a river or a road.
His eyes wandered excursively over the valley, taking in the view.
Infants pay particular attention to a voice whose frequency rises and falls excursively.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Changing direction
about-face
about-turn
bear
branch off
break
cut
decoy
divert someone/something to somewhere
do an about-face
do an about-turn
excursive
flippy
regear
reverse
slew
someone's back is turnedidiom
swerve
turn around
turn off (something)
wheel

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