rambling

adj, noun — 5 senses

rambling

adj

UK, US /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/

1

Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.

2

Confused and irregular; awkward.

Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries.1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:

3

Winding irregularly in various directions.

A long somewhat rambling branch, avoiding the places most likely to supply it with traffic, but not the centres of scenic interest, began at Letterkenny and reached the sea at Burtonport.1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353:

Synonyms: desultory
Derived terms: ramblingly, ramblingness, unrambling

rambling

noun

1

A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.

[…] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War."1941, Harold Sinclair, Years of Illusion, page 145:

2

A gentle hike.

Derived terms: rambling rose

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