digressive

[ dih-gres-iv, dahy- ]

/ dɪˈgrɛs ɪv, daɪ- /

tending to digress; departing from the main subject.

Origin of digressive

From the Latin word dīgressīvus, dating back to 1605–15. See digress, -ive

di·gres·sive·ly, adverb di·gres·sive·ness, noun un·di·gres·sive, adjective un·di·gres·sive·ly, adverb

un·di·gres·sive·ness, noun

He is known to be difficult, because of his love of the Latinate, and his non-linear, digressive, even symphonic, narrative style.

Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life |Chimamanda Adichie |August 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Lettre sur les sourds et muets, however, is substantially a digressive examination of some points in aesthetics.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 |Various
I was simply voluble and digressive—a natural incident of elation.

A Mind That Found Itself |Clifford Whittingham Beers
It is in this incidental and digressive way that we get the description of the Gospel in i. 18-ii.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 |Various

These are parenthetical and digressive, and, unless your audience is of superior intelligence, will confuse them.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table |Oliver Wendell Holmes
In a word, my work is digressive, and it is progressive too,—and at the same time.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |Laurence Sterne

digressive

/ (daɪˈɡrɛsɪv) /

characterized by digression or tending to digress

digressively, adverb digressiveness, noun