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Definition of expository adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

expository

adjective
 
/ɪkˈspɒzətri/
 
/ɪkˈspɑːzətɔːri/
(formal)
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  1. intended to explain or describe something
    • The film suffers from too much expository dialogue.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpository is used with these nouns:
    • passage
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See expository in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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