illustrative as an adjective: - 1
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illustrative
adjective
1 illustrative
Clarifying by use of examples.
synonym: exemplifying.
Roget 518:
intelligible;
clear,
clear as day,
clear as noonday;
lucid;
perspicuous,
transpicuous†;
luminous,
transparent.
easily understood,
easy to understand,
for the million,
intelligible to the meanest capacity,
popularized.
plain,
distinct,
explicit;
positive;
definite
etc.
(precise)
494.
graphic;
expressive
etc.
(meaning)
516;
illustrative
etc.
(explanatory)
522.
unambiguous,
unequivocal,
unmistakable
etc.
(manifest)
525;
unconfused;
legible,
recognizable;
obvious
etc.
525.
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Roget 554:
represent,
representing
etc.
v.,
representative;
illustrative [Slang];
represented
etc.
v.;
imitative,
figurative;
iconic.
like
etc.
17;
graphic
etc.
(descriptive)
594;
cinquecento quattrocento [Fr.],
trecento†.
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Roget 82:
conformable to rule;
regular
etc.
136;
according to regulation,
according to rule,
according to Hoyle,
according to Cocker,
according to Gunter;
en regle [Fr.],
selon les regles [Fr.],
well regulated,
orderly;
symmetric
etc.
242.
conventional
etc.
(customary)
613;
of daily occurrence,
of everyday occurrence;
in the natural order of things;
ordinary,
common,
habitual,
usual,
everyday,
workaday.
in the order of the day;
naturalized.
typical,
normal,
nominal,
formal;
canonical,
orthodox,
sound,
strict,
rigid,
positive,
uncompromising,
Procrustean.
secundum artem [Lat.],
shipshape,
technical.
exempIe [Fr.].
illustrative,
in point.
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2 illustrative
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