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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
Synonyms
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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