adj.

Acting or serving as an illustration.

illustratively il·lus'tra·tive·ly adv.

adjective

1. Serving to explain: elucidative, exegetic, explanative, explanatory, explicative, expositive, expository, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, interpretative, interpretive. See explain/baffle.
2. Of or relating to representation by drawings or pictures: graphic, hieroglyphic, photographic, pictographic, pictorial. See see/not see.

adj

Definition: explanatory
Antonyms: atypical, complicated, confusing, involved

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: clarifying by use of examples
  Synonym: exemplifying

Meaning #2: serving to demonstrate
  Synonym: demonstrative

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - illustrerende, forklarende, oplysende, vejledende

Nederlands (Dutch)
illustratief, als voorbeeld dienend

Français (French)
adj. - imagé, illustré, illustratif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - illustrativ, erläuternd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επεξηγηματικός

Italiano (Italian)
illustrativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ilustrativo

Русский (Russian)
иллюстративный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ilustrativo, aclaratorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - belysande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
说明的, 做例证的, 解说的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 說明的, 做例證的, 解說的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 실례가 되는 , 해설의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 実例となる, 例証となる, 説明的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) توضيحي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדגים, מסביר‬

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