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explanatory
adjective ex·plan·a·to·ry \ik-ˈspla-nə-ˌtȯr-ē\
: made or included in order to explain something
Full Definition of EXPLANATORY
: serving to explain <explanatory notes>
— ex·plan·a·to·ri·ly \-ˌspla-nə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of EXPLANATORY
1618
Related to EXPLANATORY
- Synonyms
- elucidative, exegetical (also exegetic), explanative, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive
Rhymes with EXPLANATORY
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory
EXPLANATORY Defined for Kids
explanatory
adjective ex·plan·a·to·ry \ik-ˈspla-nə-ˌtȯr-ē\
Definition of EXPLANATORY for Kids
: giving explanation <explanatory notes>
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