explicatory

ex·pli·ca·to·ry

adj
\ek-ˈspli-kə-ˌtȯr-ē, ˈek-(ˌ)spli-\

Definition of EXPLICATORY

: explicative

Examples of EXPLICATORY

1. <most of the medical film's voice-over narration consists of explicatory remarks on the images being shown>

First Known Use of EXPLICATORY

1625

Related to EXPLICATORY

Synonyms: elucidative, exegetical (also exegetic), explanative, explicative, explanatory, expositive, expository, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive

Related Words: analytic (or analytical), demonstrative, discursive; exculpatory, exonerative

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Rhymes with EXPLICATORY

accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory