explicatory
Definition
Adjective: Serving to explain or clarify something; intended to make something clear or understandable.
Usage Examples
- (The lecture was designed to explain the topic clearly.)
- (The diagram helps to explain how the engine works.)
- (Her comments served to clarify the theory.)
Advanced Usage
- "explicatory note": a written comment or annotation that explains a text or concept.
- The editor added an explicatory note to clarify the historical reference. (The note explains the reference in detail.)
- "explicatory power": the ability of a theory or model to explain phenomena effectively.
- This hypothesis has strong explicatory power regarding climate change patterns. (It explains the patterns well.)
Variants and Related Words
- Explicate (verb): to explain or analyze something in detail.
- The scholar will explicate the poem's meaning. (She will provide a detailed explanation.)
- Explication (noun): the process of explaining or analyzing something.
- His explication of the argument was thorough. (His explanation was complete.)
- Explicable (adjective): capable of being explained.
- The phenomenon is explicable by scientific laws. (It can be explained.)
Synonyms
- Explanatory: serving to explain.
- The explanatory text is easy to follow. (It clarifies the subject.)
- Clarifying: making something clear or understandable.
- She gave a clarifying statement about the policy. (She made it clearer.)
- Illuminating: providing insight or understanding.
- The illuminating example solved the confusion. (It shed light on the issue.)
Related Idioms
- This word is primarily formal and academic in tone.