expository.
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
Meaning & usage
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
Practicing expository writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English exposit(ion) Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English expository From exposit(ion) + -ory.
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