variants also exegetic
as in illustrative
serving to explain a new edition of Shakespeare with an abundance of exegetical commentary for the modern reader

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Recent Examples of exegetical As the text proceeds through this exegetical assembly line, the model incrementally builds up a sophisticated internal representation of what it’s being asked about. Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024 His book is mostly focused on this single text, moving through the poem line-by-line, a model of exegetical clarity. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2021

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“Exegetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exegetical. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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