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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Leary’s language of healthier swaps for happy hour is the interpretive frame worth watching.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
The order set in motion efforts to revise or remove interpretive signs and other materials across national parks and federal sites, touching on subjects ranging from slavery and Indigenous history to climate change.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of interpretive

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Another way this plays out in the book is in my analysis of how re-translators often echo or follow one another, rather than looking afresh at the interpretative possibilities of the originals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
The effects of such abstemiousness are less clear, though a pair of new movies point in two very different interpretative directions.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

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