episodic

episodic
episodically, adv.
/ep'euh sod"ik, -zod"-/, adj.
1. pertaining to or of the nature of an episode.
2. divided into separate or tenuously related parts or sections; loosely connected: an episodic novel.
3. occurring sporadically or incidentally.
Also, episodical.
[1705-15; EPISODE + -IC]
Syn. 2. rambling, wandering, digressive.

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