Explicative
[ek-spli-key-tiv, ik-splik-uh-tiv] /ˈɛk splɪˌkeɪ tɪv, ɪkˈsplɪk ə tɪv/
adjective
1.
explanatory; interpretive.
adj.
1640s, “having the function of explaining,” from Latin explicativus, from explicare (see explicit). As a noun, from 1775.
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