explanatorily
- adverb
- /ˌɛkspləˈneɪtərɪli/
- During the meeting, she spoke explanatorily about the complex issue to ensure everyone grasped the details.
And the question here you're raising is which one is explanatorily prior?
- And the question here you're raising is which one is explanatorily prior?
Examples
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The teacher explained the topic explanatorily, making it easier for the students to understand.
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And the question here you're raising is which one is explanatorily prior?
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This introductory section thus proposes that fairly durable and prominent national characteristics can be explanatorily mapped to specific positions or stances on issues struck by a state within an arms control negotiation.
Academic text (1994) -
He wrote the report explanatorily, clarifying each step of the process for the readers.
Synonyms
In a way that gives useful or interesting information
In a way that makes something easier to understand
Clearly so people can understand it
In a way that gives an example to make something clear
How Clearly
Surface Forms
Morphology
explanatorily = explanatory (transparent) = explain + atory + ly
Forming the adverb with the productive suffix '-ly' from the adjective 'explanatory' yields a clear 'in an explanatory manner' meaning.
Etymology
The word explanatorily comes from explain, which is related to the simple word plain and used to mean 'clear'. So to speak explanatorily is to make something 'clear' or easy to understand.