explicative
explicative · more explicative · most explicative
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detailExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
Meaning
1 sensesExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
The witness was explicative in telling the police what he saw.
Origin
From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).
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Forms
more explicative, most explicative| Comparative | more explicative Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most explicative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsDerivedexplicatively
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form