Meaning & use
Explicative
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Serving to explain or clarify something.
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The professor added an explicative footnote to help readers unfamiliar with the term.
Her explicative diagram made the complicated process much easier to follow.
A note on using this word
Sometimes confused with 'explicit,' but 'explicative' specifically describes something that explains, not something stated in full detail.
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explanatoryclarifying
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