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explanatory
[ ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
explanatory
/ ɪkˈsplænətərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- serving or intended to serve as an explanation
Derived Forms
- ˈԲٴǰ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·a·ٴ۾· ·a·پ· adverb
- ԴDze·a·پ adjective
- ԴDze·a·ٴr adjective
- e·a·ٴr adjective
- ܲe·a·ٴr adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of explanatory1
Example Sentences
We need to start by examining a combination of explanatory factors.
I was amused at what I had underlined as an overeager student, always on the lookout for the explanatory phrase.
Nobody is as they seem, including Iris, and all “Companion” needs to do is keep you strapped in while the action occasionally breaks for the explanatory and the body count rises.
Rather too much time is spent repeating staged close-ups of a left hand sketching in ink or applying paint, or else executing inscrutable mirror-writing on parchment — Leonardo’s secretive signature method — coupled with explanatory voice-over.
The Associated Press receives support from several private foundations to enhance its explanatory coverage of elections and democracy.
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