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present participle of clarify.

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clarifying

ADJECTIVE

elucidative

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative exegetic exegetical explanative explicative explicatory hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

exegetic

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STRONG

exegetical

WEAK

annotative elucidative explanative explicative explicatory hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

explanative

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative elucidative exegetic exegetical explicative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

explicative

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative elucidative exegetic exegetical explanative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

expositive

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative descriptive elucidative exegetic exegetical explanative explicative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

illustrative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

descriptive emblematic figurative revealing

WEAK

allegorical comparative corroborative delineative diagrammatic exemplifying explicatory expository graphic iconographic illuminative illustrational illustratory imagistic indicative interpretive metaphoric pictorial pictoric representative sample specifying symbolic typical

Antonyms

WEAK

atypical complicated confusing involved

ADJECTIVE

refining

Synonyms

STRONG

civilizing cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving perfecting polishing purifying sharpening

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I would enshrine gender equality in the Constitution, explicitly clarifying that the Equal Rights Amendment is part of our founding document.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in France, Trump and Meloni were photographed deep in conversation on a sofa, and Italian officials spoke of a "clarifying discussion".

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

This lone holdout is clarifying: If one index gatekeeper could keep its standards, the others didn’t have to lower theirs.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The clarifying photos would go on to generate something even more exciting for the photographer, Eadweard Muybridge.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

I failed to realize that intelligence tests effectively muck with both your past and your future, clarifying a lifetime of bad choices and setting you up for the inevitability of future failure.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

clarifying

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