'Explanatory' definitions:
Definition of 'explanatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"
Definition of 'Explanatory'
From: GCIDE
- Explanatory \Ex*plan"a*to*ry\, a. [L. explanatorius.] Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. --Swift. Explat
Synonyms of 'explanatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorizing,
- annotative,
- clarifying,
- critical,
- demonstrative,
- demythologizing,
- descriptive,
- discursive,
- editorial,
- elucidative,
- enlightening,
- euhemeristic,
- exegetic,
- exegetical,
- exemplificative,
- explaining,
- explicative,
- explicatory,
- expositional,
- expositive,
- expository,
- glossarial,
- illuminating,
- illuminative,
- illustrative,
- interpretative,
- interpretive,
- rationalistic,
- rationalizing,
- revelatory,
- scholiastic