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rambling

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ram·bling  (rmblng)
adj.
1. Often or habitually roaming; wandering.
2. Extended over an irregular area; sprawling: a large rambling country estate.
3. Lengthy and digressive: a rambling speech.

rambling·ly adv.

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ]
adj
1. straggling or sprawling haphazardly; unplanned a rambling old house
2. (of speech or writing) lacking a coherent plan; diffuse and disconnected
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant, esp a rose) profusely climbing and straggling
4. nomadic; wandering
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rambling - spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
2.rambling - (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"
3.ramblingrambling - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

rambling
adjective
1. sprawling, spreading, trailing, irregular, straggling that rambling house with its bizarre contents
2. long-winded, incoherent, disjointed, prolix, irregular, diffuse, disconnected, desultory, wordy, circuitous, discursive, digressive, periphrastic He wrote a rambling letter to his wife.
long-winded direct, to the point, coherent, concise
Translations
rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ]
A. ADJ
1. (= straggling) [plant] → trepador
2. (= wandering, incoherent) [speech, book] → farragoso, inconexo
3. (= sprawling) [house] → laberíntico
B. N
1. (= walking) → excursionismo m a pie
2. ramblingsdesvaríos mpl, divagaciones fpl
C. CPD rambling rose Nrosal m trepador
rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ]
adj
[speech, letter] → décousu(e)
[house] → plein(e) de coins et de recoins
[rose] → grimpant(e)
n (= hiking) → randonnée f
rambling
adj
speech, writingweitschweifig, umständlich; old personfaselnd (inf), → schwafelnd (inf); building, town, gardenweitläufig
plantrankend, kletternd; rambling roseKletterrose f
rambling club/society (esp Brit) → Wanderklub m/-verein m
n
(= wandering about)Streifzüge pl; (esp Brit: = hiking) → Wandern nt; to go ramblingwandern gehen, wandern
(in speech: also ramblings) → Gefasel nt (inf), → Geschwafel nt (inf)
rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] adj (plant) → rampicante; (speech, book) → sconnesso/a; (house) → tutto/a nicchie e corridoi
rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] adj (plant) → rampicante; (speech, book) → sconnesso/a; (house) → tutto/a nicchie e corridoi


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The work I here present to the public is necessarily of a rambling and somewhat disjointed nature, comprising various expeditions and adventures by land and sea.
We quitted London on the 27th of March and remained a few days at Windsor, rambling in its beautiful forest.
During these days, in a rambling, inconclusive way, I thought much of the curate and of the manner of his death.
 
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