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Descriptive

dɪˈskrɪptɪv

Descriptive definitions

adjective

Inflections:

descriptive

serving or seeking to describe

"the text contains some good descriptive passages"

Synonyms:
illustrative expressive pictorial depictive graphic picturesque vivid striking
- (of an adjective) assigning a quality rather than restricting the application of the expression modified, e.g. blue as distinct from few
describing or classifying in an objective and non-judgemental way

Synonyms:
explaining descriptive describing illustrative illuminative elucidative elucidatory explicative evaluative interpretive expository revelatory by way of explanation
- describing accents, forms, structures, and usage without making value judgements