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explicatory

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Adj — Helping to make something clear by explaining it fully.

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Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin explicātōrius, from Latin explicō (“to unfold, open out”). By surface analysis, explicate + -ory.

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