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What does explanatory mean?

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Adjective
  1. Intended to serve as an explanation.
  2. (of a person) Disposed to explain.
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It contains short biblical passages with explanatory commentaries, often in the form of moralizations, allegories, and analogies.
The primary explanatory guide would be evolution of grades of organisms and their structures.
But if limits of the right sort persist, I see no reason that explanatory theories invoking the concept of agent causality should not be adopted.
In 1997, he launched a cooking program, mixing incendiary wit with an explanatory style that clicked with viewers.
The bulk of his book relates historical events meant to demonstrate the soundness and explanatory scope of his claim.
At times the explanatory zeal of the commentators impels them into excess and absurdity.

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