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   Ram·bling

   /ˈramb(ə)liNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential: "a rambling six-hour speech" Similar long-windedgarrulousverbosewordyprolixdigressivewanderingmaunderingroundaboutcircuitousdiffusediscursivecircumlocutoryobliqueperiphrasticdisconnecteddisjointedill-thought-outincoherentillogicalOpposite concisepithy
   • 2. (of a plant) putting out long shoots and growing over walls or other plants; climbing: "rambling roses" Similar trailingcreepingstragglingviningprostrate
   • ▪ (of a building or path) spreading or winding irregularly in various directions: "a big old rambling house" Similar windingtwistingtwistylabyrinthinesprawlingspreadingstraggling
   • ▪ (of a person) traveling from place to place; wandering: "a rambling man"

   Derivatives

   • 1. ramblingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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