expository
of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain: an expository essay;expository writing.
Origin of expository
1- Also ex·pos·i·tive [ik-spoz-i-tiv] /ɪkˈspɒz ɪ tɪv/ .
Other words from expository
- ex·pos·i·to·ri·ly, ex·pos·i·tive·ly, adverb
- sem·i·ex·pos·i·tive, adjective
- sem·i·ex·pos·i·to·ry, adjective
Words Nearby expository
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How to use expository in a sentence
His AI buddy is expository to a fault, and functions as the game’s quick and dirty way of dealing with storytelling and worldbuilding for those who don’t remember what happened six years ago.
Halo Infinite Made Me Love Gaming With Friends Again | Patrick Lucas Austin | December 13, 2021 | TimeHe realized many educators shared his concern about nonfiction reading, knowledge of history and academic expository writing.
Stuff your 5,000-word limit! Students dare to write longer history papers. | Jay Mathews | October 17, 2021 | Washington PostPollan is an astonishingly good writer, at times intimate and vulnerable, at times curious and expository, always compelling and credible.
Shelving the expository track taken by many popular food movies and TV shows, which aim to inform viewers as much as possible, The Truffle Hunters unfolds as a series of oft-wordless vignettes.
‘The Truffle Hunters’ Will Pique Your Appetite and Push You to Dig a Little Deeper | Elissa Suh | March 5, 2021 | EaterEach novella in this book unfolds slowly, ambling through expository digressions with confidence.
Must Reads: ‘How to Survive the Titanic,’ ‘The Limit,’ and More | Lucy Scholes, Kevin Canfield, Mythili Rao | December 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
This is beautiful expository writing, a combination of detailed, spellbinding narrative, and zinging judgment.
Sir George Grey made a sensible speech, expository of the true condition of Canadian affairs.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanNext, and (as far as date of collection goes) far less ancient, are the expository texts called the Brahmanas.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew LangIn general, the aim of all remarks on Hume's writings in the present work is expository, not controversial.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) | John Hill BurtonCommonness vanished before Ewart, at his expository touch all things became memorable and rare.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsThe result is what may be called a descriptive, narrative, expository, or argumentative style.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. Painter
British Dictionary definitions for expository
expositive
/ (ɪkˈspɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /
of, involving, or assisting in exposition; explanatory
Derived forms of expository
- expositorily or expositively, adverb
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