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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

explicatory en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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more explicatory Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most explicatory Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

explication · explicate

Synonyms

explicative