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expository
adjective ex·pos·i·to·ry \-zə-ˌtȯr-ē\
—used to describe writing that is done to explain something
Full Definition of EXPOSITORY
: of, relating to, or containing exposition <expository writing>
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First Known Use of EXPOSITORY
1628
Related to EXPOSITORY
- Synonyms
- elucidative, exegetical (also exegetic), explanative, explicative, explicatory, expositive, explanatory, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive
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Rhymes with EXPOSITORY
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory
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