Expository
adjective
Describing something in detail and explaining it.
The professor gave an expository lecture on the solar system.
Often appears as...
- expository essay
- expository writing
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Written or spoken communication that's intended to explain something, usually teaching or instruction.
The textbook was full of expository content.
Often appears as...
- expository text
- expository teaching
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Academic
adjective
Serving to explain or interpret a certain piece of work or style.
He made an expository analysis of the painting.
Often appears as...
- expository critique
- expository commentary
Usage tips
Artistic
adjective
Describing something in detail and explaining it.
The professor gave an expository lecture on the solar system.
Often appears as...
- expository essay
- expository writing
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Written or spoken communication that's intended to explain something, usually teaching or instruction.
The textbook was full of expository content.
Often appears as...
- expository text
- expository teaching
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Serving to explain or interpret a certain piece of work or style.
He made an expository analysis of the painting.
Often appears as...
- expository critique
- expository commentary
Usage tips
Artistic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Lecture Clarity
Expository lectures aim to clarify complex topics, making them understandable.
Her expository talk on quantum mechanics made the complex subject clear.
Pro Tip 2/2Detailed Explanation
Expository writing or speaking is detailed and thorough, leaving no doubt.
The scientist's expository article answered all my questions about the experiment.
Pro Tip 1/2Lecture Clarity
Expository lectures aim to clarify complex topics, making them understandable.
Her expository talk on quantum mechanics made the complex subject clear.
Pro Tip 2/2Detailed Explanation
Expository writing or speaking is detailed and thorough, leaving no doubt.
The scientist's expository article answered all my questions about the experiment.
Pro Tip 1/2Lecture Clarity
Expository lectures aim to clarify complex topics, making them understandable.
Her expository talk on quantum mechanics made the complex subject clear.
Pro Tip 2/2Detailed Explanation
Expository writing or speaking is detailed and thorough, leaving no doubt.
The scientist's expository article answered all my questions about the experiment.
Compare with
clarifydidacticeducativeexplanatoryinformativeinstructiveinterpretscholastic
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Quote examples
Ken Liu
American Writer
I've been writing long enough to know that fiction, as a rhetorical mode, works very differently from expository writing. If an author has a specific critique about contemporary society in mind, fiction tends not to be the best means to deliver that critique.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages are frequently taught by untrained graduate students and underpaid adjunct teachers.
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Richard Russo
American Novelist
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.
Quote examples
Ken Liu
American Writer
I've been writing long enough to know that fiction, as a rhetorical mode, works very differently from expository writing. If an author has a specific critique about contemporary society in mind, fiction tends not to be the best means to deliver that critique.
Quote examples
Derek Bok
American Lawyer
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages are frequently taught by untrained graduate students and underpaid adjunct teachers.
Quote examples
Richard Russo
American Novelist
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.
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