expository

The definition of expository is something intended to explain or describe.

(adjective)

An essay that is intended to explain a series of events is an example of an expository essay.

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See expository in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, like, or containing exposition; explanatory

Origin: ML expositorius

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