expository
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Synonyms for expository
Synonyms
elucidative, exegetical (also exegetic), explanative, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive
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The handful of action scenes, for all their mortal dangers, come and go with an expository brevity and an elusive, abstracted physicality to match. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "“The Kitchen,” Reviewed: An Engrossing Mob-Wife Drama That’s Relegated to a Table Read," 8 Aug. 2019 The photo is the photo but the need to proclaim the apparent deception is part and parcel of the expository nature of her work. — Michelle Tea, Harper's magazine, "Stonewall at Fifty," 22 June 2019 Throughout, Nickerson alternates and combines expository, informational passages with the lyrical language of a poet. — David James, Anchorage Daily News, "‘Look at the bird’: Ornithology and family history intertwine in ‘Blackbird Flying’," 15 June 2019 Fraught with confusing metaphors and expository dialogue, Tears of the Trufflepig is an uneven debut, inconsistently fulfilling the promise of its brilliant, madcap conceit. — Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 10 May 2019 Whether explaining his dastardly plans to the audience or whispering sweet poison into Othello’s ear, this Iago’s manner is usually jocular and expository. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: A Cool-Tempered ‘Othello’ for Warm Central Park Nights," 18 June 2018 Their function is always expressive, never expository; each memory is a jagged, explosive little reminder of Joe's past, forever bearing down on his present. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Joaquin Phoenix descends into a hellish New York underworld in the haunting 'You Were Never Really Here'," 5 Apr. 2018 From the first Avengers onward, each single movie has been obliged to carry a narrative and expository burden that can threaten to eclipse the film's discrete purpose. — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, "In Sheer Scope, Avengers: Infinity War Is an Unreplicable Success," 26 Apr. 2018 Ignoring the current novelistic fashion, Pollack presents heaps of expository information in the first few pages, before any of the action really starts. — Ilana Masad, New York Times, "In This Novel, a Grieving Widow Becomes the Detective Hero," 20 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'expository.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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