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de·clar·a·tive  (d-klâr-tv, -klr-)

adj.

1. Serving to declare or state.

2. Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to make a statement: a declarative sentence.

n.

A sentence or expression that makes a statement.

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de·clara·tive·ly adv.

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declarative [dɪˈklærətɪv]

adj

(Literature / Rhetoric) making or having the nature of a declaration

declaratively  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	declarative - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact common mood, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood modality, mood, mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Adj.	1.	declarative - relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration asserting, declaratory interrogatory, interrogative - relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
	2.	declarative - relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood" indicative grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

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declarative declaratory

adjective affirmative, positive, expressive, definite, explanatory, demonstrative, expository, enunciatory He spoke in short, declarative sentences.