rambling

adj.

1. Often or habitually roaming; wandering.
2. Extended over an irregular area; sprawling: a large rambling country estate.
3. Lengthy and digressive: a rambling speech.

ramblingly ram'bling·ly adv.

adjective

Marked by or given to digression: digressive, discursive, excursive, parenthetic, parenthetical, tangential. See approach/retreat.

adj

Definition: disconnected, wordy
Antonyms: concise, connected, direct, pithy, straightforward

adj

Definition: sprawling, spread out
Antonyms: direct, straight

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
  Synonyms: digressive, discursive, excursive

Meaning #2: of a path e.g.
  Synonyms: meandering, wandering, winding

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - omvandrende, strejfende, om løst og fast (samtale), usammenhængende
n. - (ramblings) tågesnak, sort tale, vrøvl

Nederlands (Dutch)
rondtrekkend, onsamenhangend, klimmend (planten), onregelmatig gebouwd

Français (French)
adj. - errant, vagabond, tentaculaire (des banlieues), long et décousu (un discours, etc)
n. - grande promenade (à la campagne), balade, excursion

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verschachtelt, unzusammenhängend
n. - Umherschweifen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απλωμένος ακατάστατα, κατεσπαρμένος, δαιδαλώδης, χαώδης, ασυνάρτητος, ασύνδετος, (για φυτά) αναρριχητικός

Italiano (Italian)
girovago

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - errante

Русский (Russian)
беспорядочно выстроенный, бессвязный, вьющийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ambulante, vagabundo
n. - vagabundo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kringirrande, virrig, kläng-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
漫步的, 蔓生的, 闲聊的, 杂乱的, 流浪性的, 罗嗦的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 漫步的, 蔓生的, 閒聊的, 雜亂的, 流浪性的
n. - 囉嗦的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어슬렁거리는, 산만한
n. - 방랑성, 산만함

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぶらぶら歩く, 放浪する, まとまりのない, つる性の, 曲がりくねった, 無計画に作られた, 散漫な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متجول, هائم على وجهه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבולבל, חסר-קשר, לא-מתוכנן, מפותל‬
n. - ‮טיול ברגל מחוץ לעיר‬

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