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

It presents the peculiarities common to all Azurara's writings—the same fondness for quotations, and the same reliance on astrology as explicative of character.

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I by Azurara, Gomes Eannes de

Adj. explanatory, expository; explicative, explicatory; exegetical†; construable. polyglot; literal; paraphrastic, metaphrastic†; consignificative†, synonymous; equivalent &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Kühner thinks that they are genuine, and explicative of the more general term ἄρχοντες.

From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby