explicative

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Wolfe’s writing can oscillate between graciously beautiful and being almost too explicative.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2017

Il est donc contradictoire d'attribuer au hasard la raison explicative de l'ordre.”—Mercier, op. cit., § 260.523.Cf.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

We reply: Yes! astronomical observation has overtaken theoretical or explicative science.

From The Sun changes its position in space therefore it cannot be regarded as being "in a condition of rest" by Tischner, August

A further consideration in favor of employing 'that' for explicative clauses is the unpleasant effect arising from the too frequent repetition of 'who' and 'which.'

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

The first and second are informative, explicative, they “take in and do”—the other “gives out.”

From Spare Hours by Brown, John