explicative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of explicative
From the Latin word explicātīvus, dating back to 1620–30. See explicate, -ive
Example Sentences
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Wolfe’s writing can oscillate between graciously beautiful and being almost too explicative.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2017
He took his way toward the hotel of M. de Treville; his visit of the day before, it is to be remembered, had been very short and very little explicative.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
Kühner thinks that they are genuine, and explicative of the more general term ἄρχοντες.
From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by John Selby Watson
Adj. explanatory, expository; explicative, explicatory; exegetical†; construable. polyglot; literal; paraphrastic, metaphrastic†; consignificative†, synonymous; equivalent &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
It presents the peculiarities common to all Azurara's writings—the same fondness for quotations, and the same reliance on astrology as explicative of character.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I by Gomes Eannes de Azurara
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