English Explanatory Dictionary

explicative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.

Word forms

explicative more explicative most explicative

Etymology

From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).

Synonyms

explicatory

Related words

expletive explicate explication

Derived words

explicatively
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