rambling

(verb) continue talking or writing in a desultory manner. Synonyms: ramble on, ramble, jog. Example: "This novel rambles on and jogs."

(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. Synonyms: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond. Examples: "The gypsies roamed the woods." "Roving vagabonds." "The wandering jew." "The cattle roam across the prairie." "The laborers drift from one town to the next." "They rolled from town to town."

(adj) spreading out in different directions. Synonyms: sprawling, straggling, straggly. Examples: "Sprawling handwriting." "Straggling branches." "Straggly hair."

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

(adj) of a path e.g.. Synonyms: meandering(prenominal), wandering(prenominal), winding. Examples: "Meandering streams." "Rambling forest paths." "The river followed its wandering course." "A winding country road."