Associations to the word «Explanatory»

Wiktionary

EXPLANATORY, adjective. Intended to serve as an explanation.
EXPLANATORY, adjective. (of a person) Disposed to explain.
EXPLANATORY FICTION, noun. A work of fiction that attempts to explain the causes of a real event
EXPLANATORY STYLE, noun. (psychology) The automatic, natural, habitual way the a person explains events.

Dictionary definition

EXPLANATORY, adjective. Serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca