Sekirov Dictionary

explicative

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

An explicative term or expression.
•
(nonstandard) An expletive.
- Norfolk may yet win its battle against deletable explicatives. — 1974

adjective1

•
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- The witness was explicative in telling the police what he saw.

forms

explicatives · more explicative · most explicative

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