If a style of writing is discursive, it includes a lot of facts or opinions that are not necessarily relevant. (FORMAL) "...a livelier, more candid and more discursive treatment of the subject."
\dis-KUR-siv\, adjective: 1 Passing from one topic to another; ranging over a wide field; digressive; rambling 2 Utilizing, marked by, or based on analytical reasoning -- contrasted with intuitive
If a style of writing is discursive, it includes a lot of facts or opinions that are not necessarily relevant. a livelier, more candid and more discursive treatment of the subject. discussing many different ideas, facts etc, without always having a clear purpose (discursivus, from discursus; DISCOURSE)
(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"