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explanatory Definition

ex·plana·tory (ek splan′ə tôr′ē, ik-)

adjective

explaining or intended to explain

Etymology: LL explanatorius

explanatory Related Forms

ex·plan′a·to′·rily adverb

explanatory Synonyms

explanatory

modif.

expository, illustrative, explaining, clarifying, informing, informative, allegorical, interpretive, hermeneutic, exegetical, annotative, instructive, guiding, illuminating, declarative, descriptive, explicative, analytical, graphic, discursive, critical, supplementary.

explanatory Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • memorandum: An explanatory memorandum has been provided setting out clearly how the motion would amend the Standing Orders.
  • note: Good explanatory notes on the media during the war.
  • variable: A large number of explanatory variables are included in the models.
  • leaflet: Banks ' explanatory leaflets on simple accounts are unlikely to be of interest to them.
  • footnote: Yusuf Ali's explanatory footnotes are quite useful in some instances.
  • caption: Each should have an explanatory caption typed in double spacing on a separate sheet.

Modifying Another Word

  • fully: Documentation and e-mail responses were good and fully explanatory.
  • very: Everyone was nice and polite and very explanatory and it helped a lot.
  • merely: The ones they do preserve they insist were merely explanatory glosses on ' Uthman's text.
  • much: Multiple notes fields are used to provide as much explanatory and contextual information as possible.
  • not: That is, ' problem solving ' is a classificatory, not explanatory, term.