Usually means: Clarifying reasons or causes clearly.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Explanatory:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. explanatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. explanatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. explanatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. explanatory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. explanatory: Vocabulary.com
  6. Explanatory, explanatory: Wordnik
  7. explanatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. explanatory: Wiktionary
  9. explanatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. explanatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. explanatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Explanatory, explanatory: Dictionary.com
  13. explanatory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Explanatory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Explanatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. explanatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. explanatory: Rhymezone
  18. Explanatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. explanatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. explanatory: FreeDictionary.org
  21. explanatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. explanatory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. explanatory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. explanatory: Legal dictionary

(Note: See explanatorily as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (explanatory)

▸ adjective:  Intended to serve as an explanation.
▸ adjective:  (of a person) Disposed to explain.

Similar:
informative, instructive, explanative, explicatory, explicative, explanary, expository, exegetic, exemplificatory, epidictic, more...

Opposite:
obscure, confusing, ambiguous, cryptic, vague

Types:
scientific, causal, theoretical, statistical, mechanical, more...

Phrases:
explanatory variable, explanatory style, self explanatory, Explanatory gap, Illusion of explanatory depth, more...

Adjectives:
self, long, utter, short, general, central, joint, least, major, additional, note



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Similar:
informative, instructive, explanative, explicatory, explicative, explanary, expository, exegetic, exemplificatory, epidictic, more...

Opposite:
obscure, confusing, ambiguous, cryptic, vague

Types:
scientific, causal, theoretical, statistical, mechanical, more...

Phrases:
explanatory variable, explanatory style, self explanatory, Explanatory gap, Illusion of explanatory depth, Explanatory power, explanatory guide, site featuring explanatory journalism, explanatory convince, more...

Adjectives:
self, long, utter, short, general, central, joint, least, major, additional, note



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