explicative

Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.

Adjective

  1. Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
    • The witness was explicative in telling the police what he saw.

    Synonyms: explicatory

Origin

From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).

Forms

more explicative most explicative

Related

expletive explicate explication

Derived

explicatively

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