explanatory matter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Society of Antiquaries of Copenhagen is about to publish an Archæological Atlas of the North, accompanied by explanatory matter in French and Danish.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
While any one of the foregoing methods may be used for a single passage it is not usual in actual practice to find one scheme used throughout all the explanatory matter of the speech.
From Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton
A simple examination of a formula would suffice to teach us its contents without the aid of tiresome explanatory matter.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
Comprising a manual of the "Art of Correspondence," with correct forms for letters of a commercial, social and ceremonial nature, and with copious explanatory matter.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Brackets are used to insert explanatory matter in a quotation which one gives from another writer.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever
