Definition of "explanatory" []

• Serving or intended to explain: an explanatory paragraph. (adjective)

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• "The Dominican Congress added what it called explanatory articles to the law by which it approved the convention but made no change therein."
• "RL is seriously lacking in explanatory mouse-overs."
• "He caught her curious and speculative eyes fixed on his hands, and, being in explanatory mood, he said: — I just come down the Coast on one of the Pacific mail steamers."