spreading out in different directions; sprawling handwriting; straggling branches; straggly hair

[ Syn: sprawling , straggling , straggly ]

(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 womens fashions among other things; a rambling discursive book; his excursive remarks; a rambling speech about this and that

[ Syn: digressive , discursive , excursive ]

of a path e.g.; meandering streams; rambling forest paths; the river followed its wandering course; a winding country road

[ Syn: meandering , wandering , winding ]