annotative

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The annotative YouTube chat scroll was devastating in the way that only a collection of disappointed hard-core fans can be, with posters gleefully using Sondheim lyrics to vent their frustration.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2020

And they never pander or patronize with the big annotative gestures or frenzied slapstick common to the “Shakespeare is fun” school of acting.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2017

The service has a unique Wiki-like angle, in that users can collaborate to provide annotative material for tracks.

From Time • Mar. 19, 2014

Weill’s delicate orchestrations muster momentum and dramatic atmosphere that Anderson’s book largely lacks, and while many of the lyrics for the chorus are heavily portentous or stodgily annotative, the singing is terrific throughout.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2011

Good specimen of the "annotative" style with a parenthetic comment.

From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Dakyns, Henry Graham