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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•pli•ca•tive adj.

explanatory; interpretive.

Also, ex•pli•ca•to•ry

Latin explicātīvus. See explicate, -ive
1620–30

ex′pli•ca′tive•ly, adv.

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