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expository

[ik-spoz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Example Sentences Origin

ex·pos·i·to·ry

[ik-spoz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain: an expository essay; expository writing.
Also, ex·pos·i·tive.


Origin:
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin expositōrius. See expositor, -tory1

ex·pos·i·to·ri·ly, ex·pos·i·tive·ly, adverb
sem·i·ex·pos·i·tive, adjective
sem·i·ex·pos·i·to·ry, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • However, he too often employs lengthy expository quotes and protracted stretches of trial transcript.
  • The words, which were given to music, have only an expository value.
  • He avoids artiness, writes clear expository prose and has the ability to create real people.
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expository or expositive (ɪkˈspɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
of, involving, or assisting in exposition; explanatory
 
expositive or expositive
 
adj
 
ex'positorily or expositive
 
adv
 
ex'positively or expositive
 
adv

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expository
1620s, from M.L. expositorius, from expositor, from exponere (see expound).
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