Definition of Explanatory

the act of describing something

Examples of Explanatory in a sentence

Mr. Doug’s secretary emailed her department an explanatory memo about what should be in the quarterly reports.  🔊

Sarah delivered her speech in an explanatory style so everyone in the audience walked away knowing every fact about Chinese culture.  🔊

The teacher required each student to compose an explanatory essay detailing about their favorite hobby.  🔊

Providing explanatory notes to her calculus class, Ms. O’Brien believed her students could work every problem with ease.  🔊

Instead of writing what the Taj Mahal looked like, Karen wrote an explanatory paragraph about all aspects of the famous building.  🔊

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