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explicatory

explicatory adjective: explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.

Adjective

explicatory (comparative more explicatory, superlative most explicatory)

  1. Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
    • His letter was very explicatory on the matter.
    Synonyms:
    explicative

Synonyms of explicatory

Forms of explicatory

comparativemore explicatory
superlativemost explicatory

Origin of explicatory

Learned borrowing from New Latin explicātōrius, from Latin explicō (“to unfold, open out”). By surface analysis, explicate + -ory.

Questions about explicatory

What does explicatory mean?
Explicatory means explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
What part of speech is explicatory?
Explicatory is an adjective.

Words near explicatory in the dictionary

  1. explicative
  2. explicatively
  3. explicatives
  4. explicator
  5. explicators
  6. explicatory
  7. explicatum
  8. explicature
  9. explicatures
  10. explicit
  11. explicit function

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