Lexicographical Neighbors of Explanatively
Literary usage of Explanatively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"BOOK veying a request not absolutely necessary, would naturally surprise in the
woman; for, as the Evangelist explanatively adds: ' Jews have ~~ " no ..."
2. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"he said quietly but explanatively, as he returned to the bed. It was Lawyer
Maxwell's turn to become dumb. In his astonished abstraction he forgot to wipe ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"he added, explanatively. Does it not amuse you highly, worthy KNICK., to hear
illiterate people make use of words which they do not understand, ..."
4. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1904)
"(explanatively, rhythm is the first requirement of Japanese poetry; rhyme is not
sought or desired.) Other highly esteemed designs are the ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"They are visible facts which bear most explanatively upon not only the morphie,
but upon the subtler organic and chemical ..."
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