explicative
[ ek-spli-key-tiv, ik-splik-uh-tiv ]
Synonyms for explicative
- annotative
- clarifying
- elucidative
- exegetic
- exegetical
- explanative
- explicatory
- expository
- hermeneutic
- hermeneutical
- illustrative
- informative
- informing
- instructive
- interpretative
- interpretive
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR EXPLICATIVE
The first and second are informative, explicative, they take in and dothe other gives out.
The explicative myths, arising from utility, from the necessity of knowing.
All of Edwards's other writings may be arranged in relation to this principle,—as introductory, explicative, or defensive.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR EXPLICATIVE
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- characterizing
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- definitive
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- detailed
- eloquent
- explicative
- expository
- expressive
- extended
- graphic
- identifying
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- pictorial
- picturesque
- revealing
- specific
- true to life
- vivid
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