illustrativelyadv.
/ˈɪləstrətᵻvli/, /ˈɪləstreɪtᵻvli/, /ɪˈlʌstrətᵻvli/, U.S. /ᵻˈləstrədᵻvli/, /ˈɪləˌstreɪdᵻvli/ In an illustrative manner; by way of, or by means of, illustration; so as to illustrate.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adverb]
expositively1571
expository-wise1600
explicatively1609
expositorilya1631
accountably1646
illustratively1646
explanatorily1657
luciferouslya1682
explicably1791
explainingly1836
explanatively1842
it's this way1851
illuminatingly1891
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 214 Delivered Hieroglyphically, metaphorically, illustratively . View more context for this quotation
1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 102 Treating the question illustratively, rather than argumentatively.
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