variants
also exegetic
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exegetical
Adjective
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Theatergoers have to improvise their own interpretive strategies as the play shifts and shifts again.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan plays piano with unusual introspection and carries an interpretive voice that balances clarity, tenderness, and conviction.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Will the academy troll Chalamet (and the rest of us) with an interpretative dance performance?—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Fleming’s sets feel like an interpretative dance-heavy trip through one person’s notes app list of intrusive thoughts.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its home screen’s hourly forecast consists of temperatures, weather icons, and illustrative background visuals, such as gloomy rain clouds, that sometimes fail to match the view out the window.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Polished concrete floors, plaster walls, steel fixtures, and simple wood elements are frequently leveraged to create the restrained, monochromatic palette that is so illustrative of Brutalism.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Exegetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exegetical. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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