- a variation of exegetical.
exegetic
Britishadjective
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There are songs, too, as in Brecht’s original text — exegetic tunes that the characters break into — set to new music by Sam Day Harmet, who performs here with Erica Mancini and Stephen LaRosa.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
Attempts to make sense of the disjuncture and of what it may entail or suggest fill library shelves of exegetic prose.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
Every surface is teeming underneath with hidden meanings, obscure interpretations and exegetic excesses.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin
The word seemed to afford Dr. Mulbridge the degree of relief which can come only from an exactly significant and luminously exegetic word.
From Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells
Matthieu, after an exegetic hint to Zeusel, took the liberty of being of Culpepper's opinion in regard to the Prince's gout.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
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