illustratively

Examples

• All

• She explained the science behind climate change illustratively by using graphs and charts that simplified the data.

• And I simply use the image in a more expanded idea for a cover, illustratively giving more information about the material.

• Illustratively, sex, of course, has two categories: male and female.

  Academic text (1991)

• Luke taught at the School of the Art Institute, and he began to tell Artie about the morning's advanced sculpture class, gesturing illustratively from his position on the sofa.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Illustratively, this analysis would, for instance, reveal the extent to which anxiety or self-efficacy would predict fear in male gymnasts but not in female gymnasts.

  Academic text (2005)

• In the meeting, he spoke illustratively about past projects, making his points clear through specific examples.

Synonyms

F

for example

vsillustratively

∞ 1.0

To give an example that helps explain a point

works as a manner that clarifies by using examples rather than just introducing one

E

exemplarily

vsillustratively

6.8

In a way that shows something clearly

uses concrete examples to clarify a point through visual or specific illustration

E

explanatorily

vsillustratively

7.6

In a way that helps people understand

relies more on specific examples to clarify rather than only reasons or detail

I

illuminatingly

vsillustratively

6.4

In a way that makes something easier to understand

focuses on clarifying through concrete examples rather than only highlighting parts

How Illustrative

clearly

∞ 1.0

illustratively

5.1

decoratively

1 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology