expository
adjUS /ɛkˈspɑzəˌtɔɹi/ · UK /ɛkˈspɒzɪtəɹi/
Etymology From exposit(ion) + -ory.
1
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
- Practicing expository writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly.
- The zombie scenes are reminiscent of what you might see on a show like The Walking Dead, short bursts of extreme violence and gore punctuating expository dialogue scenes where the survivors try to figure out how they’re going to get from point A to point B.2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club:
1 more example
- The expository, nonmetaphorical lyrics to “Cop Killer” were dedicated to the Los Angeles Police Department: The narrator puts on black gloves and a ski mask, turns off the headlights of his car, and prepares to shoot himself some cops.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- expositorily, expositoriness, expository lump, nonexpository