Definition of "elucidatory" [e•lu•ci•da•to•ry]

• Serving to elucidate. (adjective)

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• "But at this point, instead of guessing or attempting to ask an elucidatory question, would you permit me to re-raise a question I asked earlier?"
• "By page count, some two thirds of the volume is given over to scholarly apparatus, principally elucidatory commentary."
• "From that vantage point, he often saw what Quark did immediately after one of his visits, and that knowledge was often very elucidatory."