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Definition of Explanatory
1. Adjective. Serving or intended to explain or make clear. "An explanatory paragraph"
Definition of Explanatory
1. a. Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes.
Definition of Explanatory
1. Adjective. Intended to serve as an explanation. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Disposed to explain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Explanatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Explanatory
Literary usage of Explanatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Charters and Other Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606-1775 by William MacDonald (1899)
"explanatory Charter of Massachusetts August a6/September 6, 1735 THE origin of
the so-called explanatory charter of Massachusetts is to be found in the ..."
2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Thomas Marc Parrott (1904)
"NOTES CRITICAL AND explanatory ACT I. SCENE I Shakespeare's dramatic genius is
especially to be noted in the art ..."
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