explanatory
serving to explain: an explanatory footnote.
Origin of explanatory
1- Sometimes ex·plan·a·tive [ik-splan-uh-tiv] /ɪkˈsplæn ə tɪv/ .
Other words from explanatory
- ex·plan·a·to·ri·ly, ex·plan·a·tive·ly, adverb
- non·ex·plan·a·tive, adjective
- non·ex·plan·a·to·ry, adjective
- pre·ex·plan·a·to·ry, adjective
- un·ex·plan·a·to·ry, adjective
Words Nearby explanatory
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How to use explanatory in a sentence
The concept of a weighted blanket is pretty self-explanatory.
What the science actually says about weighted blankets | Rahul Rao | January 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe weather and calendar widgets are mostly self-explanatory, offering useful information at a glance.
Both pages in this case had good heading use, although it could be argued that the headings are more explanatory and easy to skim on the post that did well.
Some early observations on the Google December core update | Marie Haynes | December 24, 2020 | Search Engine LandAmerica is enduring roughly a Pearl Harbor’s worth of death per day, minus the explanatory power of a military attack from the sky.
The first and last ones are sort of self explanatory—active apps and sites currently have access to your data, while revoked ones used to be able to access your data but can’t anymore.
Used Google, Facebook, or Apple as a login? Here’s how to log out. | Sandra Gutierrez G. | October 27, 2020 | Popular-Science
For centuries scientists included God as a part of their explanatory package.
Then he integrated his findings into broader theories with deep explanatory power.
This means that the camera has to be static and I have to include some explanatory inter-titles.
Inside ‘Maidan’: Sergei Loznitsa on His Ukrainian Uprising Doc and Putin’s ‘Fascist’ Regime | Richard Porton | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI went on to argue that the explanatory deficiencies of ID are overwhelming, extending far beyond bad and sinister design.
My Debate With an ‘Intelligent Design’ Theorist | Karl W. Giberson | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the more recent ones, for example, is titled “God Hates Malaysia,” and is pretty self-explanatory.
This Man Is The Future of Westboro Baptist Church | Caitlin Dickson | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is perhaps explanatory of the way things went for Sara Lee from that time on that he quite forgot his newspapers.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartThe critical and explanatory notes which accompanied it gave the book a high value.
This participial construction is frequent in Milton as in Latin: it is equivalent to an explanatory clause.
Milton's Comus | John MiltonMany explanatory remarks are inserted to elucidate the story.
The Translations of Beowulf | Chauncey Brewster TinkerAfter a brief explanatory conference, the minister thoughtfully went his way.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod Grile
British Dictionary definitions for explanatory
explanative
/ (ɪkˈsplænətərɪ, -trɪ) /
serving or intended to serve as an explanation
Derived forms of explanatory
- explanatorily, adverb
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