commentarial

Variant of commentary

commentary definition

com·men·tary (käm′ən ter′ē)

noun pl. commentaries -·tar′·ies

  1. a series of explanatory notes or annotations, often forming a treatise on a text
  2. a series of remarks or observations, usually connected in a loose narrative
  3. something having the force of a comment, remark, or illustration
  4. a historical narrative based on personal experience Caesar's Commentaries

Etymology: L commentarius, notebook, annotation < commentari: see comment

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