Hypertext Webster Gateway: "explanatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Explanatory \Ex*plan"a*to*ry\, a. [L. explanatorius.]
Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory
notes. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
explanatory
adj : serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory
notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"
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