explanatory
/ɪkˈsplanəˌt(ə)ri
/ /ɛkˈsplanəˌt(ə)ri/adjective
Serving to explain something: explanatory notes...
- She does supply an explanatory note at the end, but, by the time you get to it, you realise you had somehow absorbed all this anyway.
- The map and explanatory notes attached to the entry form were very well done.
- The explanatory note also goes on to describe how a new statutory strict liability regime will be put in place.
Synonyms
explaining, descriptive, describing, illustrative, illuminative, elucidative, elucidatory, explicative, evaluative, interpretive, expository, revelatory, by way of explanation;
prefatory
rare exegetic, hermeneutic
Derivatives
explanatorily
- Without it, even a priori deducibility might seem explanatorily less than sufficient, though the need for such a story remains a matter of controversy.
- ‘Not relevant’ means, for Skinner, explanatorily circular or regressive.
- The philosophical distinction between truths of meaning and truths of fact does not reflect a genuine, explanatorily significant distinction.