explanatory

Meaning

1. Intended to serve as an explanation.
2. Disposed to explain.

Synonyms

illustrative

elucidative

expository

declaratory

explanative

explicative

expositive

interpretative

exponent

parenthetic

speaking

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elucidatory

glossarial

asserting

repeating with comment

commenting

corroborative

declarative

declaring

exemplifying

explaining

explicatory

Translations

explicatif

explicativo

esplicativo

açıklayıcı

erklärend

chiarificatore

aclaratorio

επεξηγηματικός

εξηγητικός

esegetico

esplicativa

verklarend

illustratief

explicativo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ.