Associations to the word «Explanatory»

Wiktionary

EXPLANATORY, adjective. Intended to serve as an explanation.
EXPLANATORY, adjective. (of a person) Disposed to explain.
EXPLANATORY FICTION, noun. A work of fiction that attempts to explain the causes of a real event
EXPLANATORY STYLE, noun. (psychology) The automatic, natural, habitual way the a person explains events.

Dictionary definition

EXPLANATORY, adjective. Serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin