Usually means: Clarifying by providing detailed explanation.
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  1. explanative: Merriam-Webster
  2. explanative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. explanative: Collins English Dictionary
  4. explanative: Wordnik
  5. explanative: Wiktionary
  6. Explanative, explanative: Dictionary.com
  7. Explanative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. explanative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Explanative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. explanative: FreeDictionary.org
  11. explanative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  That serves to explain; explanatory

Similar:
explanatory, explicatory, explicative, explanary, expository, exegetic, epidictic, exemplificatory, exonerative, articulative, more...

Types:
cause, reason, justification, rationale, more...

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Similar:
explanatory, explicatory, explicative, explanary, expository, exegetic, epidictic, exemplificatory, exonerative, articulative, more...

Types:
cause, reason, justification, rationale, more...



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