explicatory

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin explicātōrius, from Latin explicō (“to unfold, open out”).[1] By surface analysis, explicate +‎ -ory.

Adjective

explicatory (comparative more explicatory, superlative most explicatory)

  1. Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
    His letter was very explicatory on the matter.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “explicatory, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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