explanatory
adjective
serving to explain.
explanatorily
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a word derived from
explanatory.
Example Sentences
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"Course the other fellow didn't have any shoes for to wear," put in the boat-maker explanatorily, "but he never would work, anyhow."
From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
That's why," he said, explanatorily, to Madison, "I don't allow to have my Safie go round with those women.
From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Bret Harte
“Can’t say I’m much troubled with them, except here,” and she moved her foot explanatorily.
From The Mystery of a Turkish Bath by Rita
She passed her fingers explanatorily down the folds of her own coarse gown, but without regret or apology.
From Cressy by Bret Harte
He would not let them come!" say I, explanatorily, "for what reason? for none—he never has any reasons, or if he has, he does not give them.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
