Example Sentences

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"One of Jane's youngsters," he added, explanatorily to her.

From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings

"Yes, I am a mere business man," quoth Mr. Hardwill, explanatorily.

From Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

He threw in the fact of these dignities explanatorily, but with a willingness, I could see, that it should affect me.

From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by Howells, William Dean

"All our weather in the United States," the boy began, explanatorily, "comes from the west."

From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

By leaving in a conspicuous place a certain book open at a certain page: by assuming in her, when alluding explanatorily, latent knowledge: by open ridicule in her presence of some absent other's ignorant lapse.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James