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clarifying

ADJECTIVE

elucidative

Synonyms

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annotative exegetic exegetical explanative explicative explicatory hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

exegetic

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exegetical

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annotative elucidative explanative explicative explicatory hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

explanative

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annotative elucidative exegetic exegetical explicative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

explicative

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annotative elucidative exegetic exegetical explanative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

expositive

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annotative descriptive elucidative exegetic exegetical explanative explicative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

illustrative

Synonyms

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descriptive emblematic figurative revealing

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allegorical comparative corroborative delineative diagrammatic exemplifying explicatory expository graphic iconographic illuminative illustrational illustratory imagistic indicative interpretive metaphoric pictorial pictoric representative sample specifying symbolic typical

Antonyms

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atypical complicated confusing involved

ADJECTIVE

refining

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civilizing cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving perfecting polishing purifying sharpening

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The clarifying photos would go on to generate something even more exciting for the photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Before quickly clarifying: "Well, the intro to Talk Show Host."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Then there is the arbitration agreement — perhaps the most clarifying feature of the whole enterprise.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The board also said it would propose clarifying how companies account for stablecoins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He went on to bequeath little bits of money and jewelry to each of them, never clarifying which one he considered his Koh-i-noor.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

clarifying

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