explicative

American  

[ek-spli-key-tiv, ik-splik-uh-tiv] / ˈɛk splɪˌkeɪ tɪv, ɪkˈsplɪk ə tɪv /

Also explicatory

adjective

1. explanatory; interpretive.

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Other Word Forms

• explicatively adverb
• nonexplicative adjective
• unexplicative adjective

Etymology

Origin of explicative

From the Latin word explicātīvus, dating back to 1620–30. See explicate, -ive

Example Sentences

Wolfe’s writing can oscillate between graciously beautiful and being almost too explicative.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2017

The first and second are informative, explicative, they “take in and do”—the other “gives out.”

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

Thus, the explicative myths are as we see, an epitome of a practical philosophy, proportioned to the requirements of the man of the earliest, or slightly-cultured ages.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen

Kühner thinks that they are genuine, and explicative of the more general term ἄρχοντες.

From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby

We reply: Yes! astronomical observation has overtaken theoretical or explicative science.

From The Sun changes its position in space therefore it cannot be regarded as being "in a condition of rest" by Tischner, August