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
They use household chores, like shucking corn, to memorably annotative effect.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
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
“Shuffle Along” is of course more annotative, with illustrative detours and asides that give us context for a great show of decades ago.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2016
Footnotes, when few in number, whether annotative or bibliographic, should be typed at the bottom of the text page on which the reference occurs.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
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