Explicatory
Explicatory adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: most of the medical film's voice-over narration consists of explicatory remarks on the images being shown
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Synonyms for Explicatory
Illuminative and explicatory are semantically related. in explanatory topic. In some cases you can use "Illuminative" instead an adjective "Explicatory".
Illuminative
Illuminative adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: illuminative descriptions of the sights to be seen from the observatory gave us a much better idea of what we were looking at
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Synonyms for Illuminative
Explicatory and illuminative are semantically related. You can use "Explicatory" instead an adjective "Illuminative".
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Related pairs
- demonstrative and explicatory
- demonstrative and illuminative
- figurative and explicatory
- figurative and illuminative
- illustrative and explicatory
- illustrative and illuminative
- critical and explicatory
- critical and illuminative
- informative and explicatory
- informative and illuminative
- explanatory and explicatory
- explanatory and illuminative
- enlightening and explicatory
- enlightening and illuminative
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