A variant spelling or pronunciation of explanatory; serving to explain or provide clarification.
An alternative or dialectal form of explanatory, with -itory substituted for -tory. Both derive from Latin explanare.
This variant shows how English spelling has evolved—'explanitory' appears in older texts and some dialects, proving that even the word for 'explaining' has its own complicated history.
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