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Definition of Elucidative
1. Adjective. That makes clear. "A clarifying example"
Similar to: Informative, Instructive
Derivative terms: Elucidate, Elucidate
Definition of Elucidative
1. a. Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.
Definition of Elucidative
1. Adjective. Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elucidative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elucidative
Literary usage of Elucidative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... and then with "M. Amelot, Secretary of State," to report progress to the best
advantage There are curious elucidative sparks, in those Voltaire Letters, ..."
2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"There are curious elucidative sparks, in those Voltaire Letters, chaotic as they
are; small sparks, elucidative, confirmatory of your dull History Books, ..."
3. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"There are curious elucidative sparks, in those Voltaire Letters, chaotic as they
are ; small sparks, elucidative, confirmatory of your dull History Books, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"There are curious elucidative sparks, in those Voltaire Letters, chaotic as they
are ; small sparks, elucidative, confirmatory of }"our dull History Books, ..."
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