13
discursive(adjective, approach, deviation, rambling, diffuseness)
12
digressive(adjective, approach, unsettled, meandering, diffuseness)
11
rambling(adjective, obscure, approach, sophisticated, unsettled)
7
indirect(adjective, deviation, discursive)
6
desultory(adjective, deviation, discursive)
6
devious(adjective, unsettled, deviation, circuitous, winding)
6
errant(adjective, unsettled, deviation, meandering)
6
erratic(adjective, unsettled, deviation, circuitous, winding)
5
wandering(unsettled, erratic, circuitous, winding, meandering)
4
circuitous
4
deviating(unsettled, deviation, erratic, circuitous, winding)
4
meandering(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, unsettled, complicated)
3
aberrant
3
ambagious
3
loose(deviation, diffuseness)
3
maundering
3
planetary(adjective, unsettled, meandering)
3
roundabout
3
vagrant(unsettled, deviation, meandering)
3
verbose(adjective, diffuseness, discursive)
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