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annotative

  • a word derived from annotate.
    annotate
    verb (used with object)
    to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes.

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The annotative YouTube chat scroll was devastating in the way that only a collection of disappointed hard-core fans can be, with posters gleefully using Sondheim lyrics to vent their frustration.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2020

They use household chores, like shucking corn, to memorably annotative effect.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2019

The service has a unique Wiki-like angle, in that users can collaborate to provide annotative material for tracks.

From Time Mar. 19, 2014

Weill’s delicate orchestrations muster momentum and dramatic atmosphere that Anderson’s book largely lacks, and while many of the lyrics for the chorus are heavily portentous or stodgily annotative, the singing is terrific throughout.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2011

Good specimen of the "annotative" style with a parenthetic comment.

From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Henry Graham Dakyns