as in interpretative
serving to explain
most of the medical film's voice-over narration consists of explicatory remarks on the images being shown
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But Reichardt has no interest in the kind of conventional storytelling that requires clues and revelations building to an explicatory conclusion.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019
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“Explicatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicatory. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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