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Definition of Expositive
1. Adjective. Serving to expound or set forth. "Clean expository writing"
Definition of Expositive
1. a. Serving to explain; expository.
Definition of Expositive
1. Adjective. That explains; expository ¹
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Definition of Expositive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expositive
Literary usage of Expositive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"expositive. ART. 3. Only by their names or more ample descriptions, ... expositive.
ART. 7. II. On one class of fictitious entities is by lawyers bestowed ..."
2. Official aptitude maximized; expense minimized: as shewn in the several by Jeremy Bentham (1830)
"expositive. ART. 10. Arbitrarily conferred is the matter of reward, ... expositive.
ART. 12. Ordinary and extraordinary: under one or other of these ..."