D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Expository

· Ex·pos·i·to·ry · IPA /ɛkˈspɑzəˌtɔɹi/
01 a. Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
    “A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers.” Johnson.