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explicative

[ ek-spli-key-tiv, ik-splik-uh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. explanatory; interpretive.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æp±ô¾±Â·³¦²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ð³æp±ô¾±Â·³¦²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ð³æp±ô¾±Â·³¦²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of explicative1

From the Latin word ±ð³æ±è±ô¾±³¦Äå³ÙÄ«±¹³Ü²õ, dating back to 1620–30. See explicate, -ive
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Example Sentences

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The show formerly known as just “Pennyworth†returns for its third season with a subtitle so explicative that it practically dares you not to watch, after it dares you not to laugh: “The Origin of Batman’s Butler.â€

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“It reinforced the education I got at Swarthmore, which was very much explicative. You didn’t care who wrote a poem, you just read it,†Menaker told the Paris Review in 2014.

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Wolfe’s writing can oscillate between graciously beautiful and being almost too explicative.

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Valdez used a double explicative when asked t0 describe his initial reaction to his miss of a wide-open net in Seattle’s win at Orlando City on Sunday.

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When asked about Trump's assertion that he was going to get Mexico to pay for his proposed border wall, Fox used an explicative to make his point the country would never do so.

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