explanatory
/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/ adjective C1- Intended to serve as an explanation. · Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
- Disposed to explain.
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I had raised my hat and was about to make some explanatory remark when her own words turned all my thoughts into a new channel.
She knew but little of their meeting in Derbyshire, and therefore felt for the awkwardness which must attend her sister, in seeing him almost for the first time after receiving his explanatory letter.
The new sentence flowed gracefully, capturing the bittersweet essence of the original without resorting to clumsy, overtly explanatory phrasing.
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