expositional
- a word derived from exposition.
Example Sentences
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And these character details are legible but not conspicuous, letting the viewer keep their eyes on the story, rather than the trail of expositional breadcrumbs.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Given the franchise’s expositional method and penchant for moral ambiguity, it’s unsettling to contemplate what that show might have looked like.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Over the course of three acts and two intermissions, the play segues seamlessly from one bit of expositional virtuosity to the next.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
“With this movie, it was about getting past the expositional elements, getting past the metaphysics and mechanics. You don’t want the audience to get ahead of the loop.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
Now his work is an ideal example of what is expositional.
From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)
