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Definition
wander from a direct or straight course — typically verbally
- In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.Chapters 16-18 — The Ship; The Ramadan; His Mark (81% in)
There are no more uses of "digress" in Moby Dick.
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