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
Interpretive and explicatory are semantically related. in explanatory topic. In some cases you can use "Interpretive" instead an adjective "Explicatory", when it comes to topics like descriptive.
Interpretive
Interpretive adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: an edition of Shakespeare's plays with many interpretive footnotes that students should find very helpful
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Synonyms for Interpretive
Explicatory and interpretive are semantically related. You can use "Explicatory" instead an adjective "Interpretive".
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Related pairs
- demonstrative and explicatory
- demonstrative and interpretive
- figurative and explicatory
- figurative and interpretive
- illustrative and explicatory
- illustrative and interpretive
- critical and explicatory
- critical and interpretive
- informative and explicatory
- informative and interpretive
- explanatory and explicatory
- explanatory and interpretive
- instructive and explicatory
- instructive and interpretive
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