expository
adjective
ex·pos·i·to·ry
ik-ˈspä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: of, relating to, or containing exposition
expository writing
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an expository piece on the workings of the internal-combustion engine
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And even though there are stretches of stagey-sounding expository dialogue, the story manages to wheel along at a clip.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
There are mentions, traces, and shadows of it in letters from Milena to mutual friend and editor Max Brod, and by Kafka in his journals, but not in any significant, expository detail.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
The film is obvious in telegraphing its spooky sequences and its expository ones.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
There are mentions, traces, and shadows of it in letters from Milena to mutual friend and editor Max Brod, and by Kafka in his journals, but not in any significant, expository detail.
—Christine Estima
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
The film is obvious in telegraphing its spooky sequences and its expository ones.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for expository
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“Expository.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expository. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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