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Definition: ELUCIDATORY

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Tending to elucidate; elucidative.[Websters]
2. Being explanatory, illustrative, expository, declaratory or interpretative. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being descriptive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being helpful. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being advisory. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being instructive or informative. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb elucidatorily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(elucidatorily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective elucidatory.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Elucidatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1775. (references)

Definition: ELUCIDATORY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Tending to elucidate; elucidative.[Websters]
2. Being explanatory, illustrative, expository, declaratory or interpretative. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being descriptive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being helpful. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being advisory. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being instructive or informative. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb elucidatorily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(elucidatorily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective elucidatory.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ELUCIDATORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1775. (references)