rambling meaning and definition

RAMBLING adjective

Definition of rambling (adjective)

1. spreading out in different directions
   • "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
   • synonyms: sprawling, straggling, straggly
2. (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"
   • synonyms: digressive, discursive, excursive
3. of a path e.g.
   • "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
   • synonyms: meandering, wandering, winding