Exploratory
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An exploration or investigation.
- 1 Serving to explore or investigate. not-comparable
"Meanwhile, for those who doubted the sheer breadth of music Glastonbury offers, a short walk took you from Thundercat’s exploratory, spaced-out take on jazz-funk – where the smooth sound of yacht rock crashed into extended passages of improvisation to thrilling effect – to the aforementioned Craig David, clad entirely in white and padding out his set by the simple expedient of playing other people’s records and singing along to them, and thence to Liam Gallagher on the comeback trail."
- 1 serving in or intended for exploration or discovery wordnet
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More examples"An exploratory investigation was required to collect important data regarding the health of the ecosystem."
Etymology
From explore + -atory.
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