Explanatory definition

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Serving or intended to explain.

An explanatory paragraph.

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Explaining or intended to explain.
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The definition of explanatory is something that makes things more clear.

An example of explanatory is a science teacher describing to his students how plants need sunlight to grow.

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(of a person) Disposed to explain.
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Below the diagram is an explanatory text.

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Explanatory Sentence Examples

  • These collections contain introductions and explanatory passages by the author.

  • The incidents of this episode were a favorite subject in the sculptures of his temples, where their representation was accompanied by a poetical version of the affair and other explanatory inscriptions.

  • A copy of the orders and an explanatory letter were in fact despatched to the II.

  • Frazer, the human representatives or animal representatives, in the rites, of the spirit of vegetation; of the corn spirit; of the changing seasons, winter or summer, have been developed into many forms of gods, with appropriate myths, explanatory of the magic, and of the sacrifice of the chief performer.

  • The consort Web site provides free access to the full-text CONSORT statement, supporting documentation and explanatory notes, and links to further initiatives.

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