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spelt out
verb as in clarify, explain
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Example Sentences
The party was in despair, and Cameron brilliantly spelt out the need for change.
The alphabet being repeated in accordance with the signal, "Queer Pals" was spelt out.
"To be perfectly accurate," he explained conscientiously, "he was caught with a pair of—of—" Delicately he spelt out the word.
I found this was chiefly due to the fact that when he spelt out a word he pronounced it exactly as it was spelt.
She took the book and spelt out the words by the light of the candle which Minnie held up for her.
"P—o—p—e, Pope," she spelt out of her infants' primer in Brum's hearing.
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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spell out, such as: define, describe, expound, illustrate, justify, and point out.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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