Clarifyingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Facilitating better understanding through clarity in explanation contributes to making complex ideas simpler and alleviates any confusion experienced by the audience
2. In a way that removes confusion or ambiguity to help someone comprehend better
3. By providing explanations that illuminate the meaning or purpose of something

Etymology: "Clarifyingly" is a plain formation: the present participle "clarifying," from the verb "clarify," with the adverb suffix "-ly" added to turn it into a manner adverb. Clarify itself came into English from Old French "clarifier," which in turn drew on Latin "clarificare," meaning "to make clear" or "to make bright," from "clarus" (clear, bright) and "facere" (to make). The original sense was literal, as in clarifying a liquid or purifying butter by heating it, and the figurative sense of making an idea intelligible grew from that. The adverb itself adds little beyond its parts. Its meaning follows directly from "clarifying," so it means doing something in a way that makes matters clear, as in "she explained the rules clarifyingly."

Synonyms: explanatorily, elucidatively