| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Explanatory.[Websters]
2. Being elucidative, illustrative, interpretative or expository. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb explanatively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (explanatively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective explanative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPLANATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
