clarify
verb (used with object)
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
had been clarifying
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past perfect progressiveof clarify.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The outcome of his efforts had been clarifying.
From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White
