Expository
Expository adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: an expository piece on the workings of the internal-combustion engine
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Synonyms for Expository
Illuminative and expository are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illuminative" instead an adjective "Expository".
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
Expository and illuminative are semantically related. You can use "Expository" instead an adjective "Illuminative".
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Related pairs
- demonstrative and expository
- demonstrative and illuminative
- illustrative and expository
- illustrative and illuminative
- critical and expository
- critical and illuminative
- informative and expository
- informative and illuminative
- explanatory and expository
- explanatory and illuminative
- didactic and expository
- didactic and illuminative
- illuminating and expository
- illuminating and illuminative
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