When I looked at the explanatory notes under the posts list I realized what was causing it.
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Explanatory
//ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi//
Synonyms for "explanatory" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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derived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բացատրական adj (serving as an explanation)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- izahedici adj (serving as an explanation)
- izahlı adj (serving as an explanation)
Belarusian
1 entries- тлумача́льны adj (serving as an explanation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обяснителен adj (serving as an explanation)
Catalan
1 entries- explicatiu adj (serving as an explanation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 解释的 adj (serving as an explanation)
- 说明的 adj (serving as an explanation)
Danish
2 entries- forklarende adj (serving as an explanation)
- oplysende adj (serving as an explanation)
Finnish
2 entries- selittävä adj (serving as an explanation)
- selitys adj (serving as an explanation)
French
1 entries- explicatif adj (serving as an explanation)
German
1 entries- erklärend adj (serving as an explanation)
Hindi
2 entries- व्याख्यात्मक adj (serving as an explanation)
- व्याख्यायुक्त adj (serving as an explanation)
Hungarian
2 entries- magyarázó adj (serving as an explanation)
- értelmező adj (serving as an explanation)
Italian
1 entries- esplicativo adj (serving as an explanation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forklarende adj (serving as an explanation)
Old English
2 entries- reċċende adj (serving as an explanation)
- ġereclīċ adj (serving as an explanation)
Polish
2 entries- objaśniający adj (serving as an explanation)
- wyjaśniający adj (serving as an explanation)
Romanian
1 entries- explicativ adj (serving as an explanation)
Russian
2 entries- объясни́тельный adj (serving as an explanation)
- поясни́тельный adj (serving as an explanation)
Spanish
1 entries- explicativo adj (serving as an explanation)
Turkish
1 entries- açıklayıcı adj (serving as an explanation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- поя́снювальний adj (serving as an explanation)
- тлума́чний adj (serving as an explanation)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Is the drawing quite explanatory?
Source: tatoeba (3361950)
Convulsion followed convulsion, till they closed in death, without her being able to utter a word explanatory of the fatal scene.
Source: tatoeba (7760884)
It's not like it's supposed to be a summary; aren't you leaving out too many explanatory details?
Source: tatoeba (11230525)
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