explanatory
Use Explanatory in a sentence
əˌtɔr adjective
serving to explain: an explanatory footnote.
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explanatory or explanative (ɪkˈsplænətərɪ, -trɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| serving or intended to serve as an explanation | |
| explanative or explanative | |
| —adj | |
| ex'planatorily or explanative | |
| —adv | |
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Explanatory
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
explanatory
1610s, from explanation + -ory; on model of L. explanatorius "having to do with an explanation."
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Example sentences
Good design should make an explorable thing largely self explanatory.
Bear in mind that the word interactive at that time still needed an explanatory footnote.
The explanatory element is crystal clear without skimping on detail.
It is not a bad word, not undescriptive, but it has no explanatory power.
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