Thesaurus results for EXEGETICAL

exegetical

adjective

ˌek-sə-ˈje-ti-kəl

variants also exegetic

Definition of exegetical

as in interpretive

serving to explain a new edition of Shakespeare with an abundance of exegetical commentary for the modern reader

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Recent Examples of exegetical The book offers an exegetical study designed to strengthen believers in their understanding of biblical unity. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025 As the text proceeds through this exegetical assembly line, the model incrementally builds up a sophisticated internal representation of what it’s being asked about. — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024 His book is mostly focused on this single text, moving through the poem line-by-line, a model of exegetical clarity. — Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2021

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Lot is often described in the Qurʾān, and in subsequent interpretive traditions, in the role of condemning the men of Sodom for lusting after men rather than women.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Of four interpretive signs at the park, used mostly by Brickell residents to walk their dogs, two have faded to illegibility.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Definition of interpretive

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When subtle interpretative differences compound over months and miles, your original vision becomes unrecognizable on the front lines.

— Peter Ross, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Most of these interpretative moves work fine because they’re thought through and balanced by other moves.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026

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