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EXPOSITORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expository mean?
• EXPOSITORY (adjective)
The adjective EXPOSITORY has 1 sense:
1. serving to expound or set forth
Familiarity information: EXPOSITORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to expound or set forth
Synonyms:
expositive; expository
Context example:
clean expository writing
Similar:
informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)
Derivation:
expound (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
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