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interpretive(adjective, explain, explanatory, descriptive)
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explanatory(adjective, warm, explain, interpretation, expressive)
17
expositive(adjective, explain, explanatory)
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illustrative(adjective, warm, explain, loving, expressive)
15
elucidative(adjective, explain, descriptive)
15
interpretative(adjective, explain, explanatory)
12
explicative(adjective, explain, interpretation, explanatory, descriptive)
9
critical(verb, adjective, descriptive)
9
didactic(adjective, educational)
8
demonstrative(adjective, warm, loving, expressive, supplementary)
7
hermeneutic(adjective, explain, explanatory, descriptive)
7
exegetic(adjective, explain, descriptive)
7
explicatory(adjective, interpretation, descriptive)
7
informative(adjective, descriptive)
6
hermeneutical(adjective, explain, interpretive)
6
declaratory
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exegetical(adjective, interpretation)
5
descriptive(adjective, explanatory)
4
analytical(adjective, examining)
4
explanative(adjective, explain, explanatory)
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