expositorily

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adverb

In an expository fashion.

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Meanings

adverbexpositorily (comparative more expositorily, superlative most expositorily)

comparative more expositorily · superlative most expositorily

  1. In an expository fashion.

    And anyway, he expositorily tells us that he cares about American Indians and even sympathizes, somewhat, with the Sioux insurgency at Little Bighorn — or is that their “resistance”?

    2007 May 25, Virginia Heffernan, “There’s an Allegory in Those Hills”, in New York Times

Origin

From expository + -ly.

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APA

expositorily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expositorily

MLA

“expositorily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expositorily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expositorily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expositorily.

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