expository

  • 1Expository — Ex*pos i*to*ry, a. Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical. [1913 Webster] A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson. || …

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  • 2expository — (adj.) 1620s, from M.L. expositorius, from expositus, pp. of exponere (see EXPOUND (Cf. expound)). Earlier in English as a noun meaning an expository treatise, commentary (early 15c.) …

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  • 3expository — I adjective clarifying, commentarial, declarative, declaratory, demonstrative, descriptive, didactic, discursive, discursory, disquisitional, dissertational, divulgatory, elucidative, enlightening, exegetical, exemplary, exemplificative,… …

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  • 4expository — [adj] descriptive critical, disquisitional, elucidative, exegetic, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, hermeneutic, illustrative, informative, interpretive; concept 267 …

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  • 5expository — [eks päz′ə tiv, ik späz′ə tivek späz′ə tôr΄ē, ikspäz′ə tôr΄ē] adj. [ML expositorius] of, like, or containing exposition; explanatory: also expositive [eks päz′ə tiv, ik späz′ə tiv] …

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  • 6expository — expositorily, expositively, adv. /ik spoz i tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain: an expository essay; expository writing. Also, expositive. [1590 1600; < ML expositorius. See EXPOSITOR,&#8230; …

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  • 7expository — adjective Date: 1628 of, relating to, or containing exposition < expository writing > …

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  • 8expository — adjective Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition. Practicing expository writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly …

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  • 9expository — adj. Expository is used with these nouns: ↑passage …

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  • 10expository — adjective expository dialogue Syn: explanatory, descriptive, describing, explicatory, explicative, interpretative, exegetical …

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