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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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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.
Government advertising campaigns should be objective and explanatory, not tendentious or party political.
The bulk of his book relates historical events meant to demonstrate the soundness and explanatory scope of his claim.
All others are just commentaries, explanatory notes written by individuals.
It is the latter with clear explanatory footnotes that would be read by a schoolkid in year eight today.
In 1997, he launched a cooking program, mixing incendiary wit with an explanatory style that clicked with viewers.

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