rambling

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.

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rambling·ly adv.

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rambling

Adjective

1. long and irregularly shaped: a rambling fourteenth-century church

2. (of speech or writing) confused and long-winded

Noun

the activity of going for long walks in the country

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rambling - spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" sprawling, straggling, straggly 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" excursive, digressive, discursive 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.	rambling - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" meandering, wandering, winding 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"

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rambling

adjective 1. sprawling, spreading, trailing, irregular, straggling

adjective 2. long-winded, incoherent, disjointed, prolix, irregular, diffuse, disconnected, desultory, wordy, circuitous, discursive, digressive, periphrastic << OPPOSITE concise

Translations

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] adj [speech] → inconexo;

(BOT) → trepador(a); [house] → laberíntico

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] ramble adj [speech] → décousu(e); [house] → plein(e) de coins et de recoins;

(Bot) → grimpant(e)

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] ramble adj (speech, letter) → weitschweifig;

(house) → weitläufig;

(Bot) → rankend, Kletter-

rambling [ˈræmblɪŋ] adj [speech] → sconnesso/a;

(BOT) → rampicante; [house] → tutto/a nicchie e corridoi