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clarificatory

clarificatory adjective: that serves to clarify.

Adjective

clarificatory (comparative more clarificatory, superlative most clarificatory)

  1. That serves to clarify.

Forms of clarificatory

comparativemore clarificatory
superlativemost clarificatory

Origin of clarificatory

From Late Latin clārificāre, clārificātus (see clarify), on type of Latin adjectives in -ōrius: see -ory.

Questions about clarificatory

What does clarificatory mean?
Clarificatory means that serves to clarify.
What part of speech is clarificatory?
Clarificatory is an adjective.

Words near clarificatory in the dictionary

  1. clarifiable
  2. clarificant
  3. clarificants
  4. clarification
  5. clarifications
  6. clarificatory
  7. clarified
  8. clarified butter
  9. clarified butters
  10. clarifier
  11. clarifiers

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