explorative

adjective

ex·​plor·​ative ik-ˈsplȯr-ə-tiv How to pronounce explorative (audio)
exploratively adverb

Examples of explorative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Looking to his contemporaries for inspiration, the record stands as a 29-track explorative trilogy. Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 In a crowded corridor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Fifth Avenue in New York, Denise Murrell suits up for an explorative journey, like an astronaut preparing to step on a foreign surface. Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2024 And being able to do it in clothes that are so carefully thought out and made and so explorative and more conceptual is very cool. Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024 Howard, who recorded the album in Nashville with producer Shawn Everett, is on point in every setting, a careful, empathetic, authoritative soul singer who’s also a hot, explorative guitar player. Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for explorative 

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Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of explorative was in 1578

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“Explorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explorative. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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