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expository

[ ik-spoz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain:

    an expository essay;

    expository writing.



expository

/ ɪkˈspɒzɪtərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. of, involving, or assisting in exposition; explanatory
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æˈ±è´Ç²õ¾±³Ù´Ç°ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·±è´Ç²õi·³Ù´Çr¾±Â·±ô²â ±ð³æ·±è´Ç²õi·³Ù¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ð³¾î€…i·±ð³æ·±è´Ç²õi·³Ù¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ²õ±ð³¾î€…i·±ð³æ·±è´Ç²õi·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expository1

From the Medieval Latin word ±ð³æ±è´Ç²õ¾±³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ, dating back to 1590–1600. See expositor, -tory 1
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Plus, coming into “Dune: Prophecy†as a stone-cold uninitiate is a challenge for which the script compensates using a combination of summary via narration and a brief, expository title card.

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Some of the dialogue is frankly expository, seemingly designed to educate viewers.

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Herzog’s adaptation prunes away the expository overgrowth of Ibsen’s satiric drama.

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There might be a little too much description, and long, learned, expository passages coming out of the mouths of police sergeants.

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The choice to only gradually unfurl what’s going on — there are no clunky expository speeches here to establish the rules of the world for us — draws us in.

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