adjective
- serving to explain or clarify; explanatory
Usage: formal or technical register; less common than 'explanatory'
Examples
- The teacher provided explicatory notes in the margin of the student's essay.
- An explicatory diagram helped readers understand the complex process.
- The author included explicatory comments to clarify the historical context.
- The manual's explicatory sections made assembly much easier.
- Her explicatory remarks resolved the confusion about the new policy.