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rambly en · ADJ

Etymology

From ramble + -y.

Meanings

1. Tending to ramble, to wander aimlessly or to make meandering digressions.
   • Is your writing wordy and rambly? Try these two new products and you may discover that you can be a better, faster writer than you think! 1988, U-M Computing News, volume 3, page 71:
   • But the mere mention of garden design is anathema to many people; they love a "rambly" garden. Such a garden is based on rambly ideas. This shrub would "look well" here; a bed of roses would "be just the thing" there; […] 1947, Kenneth Hamlyn McConnel, Rex Hazlewood, Planning the Australian homestead, page 100:
   • Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Sunday May 10 was rambly, incoherent, and he failed dismally in his attempt to sound Churchillian. 2020 May 20, Christian Wolmar, “Clarity is required on social distancing and the railways”, in Rail, page 50:

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