Both Uses
explicit
in
The Color of Water
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- She hung up the phone and summoned my brother Richie to the kitchen, gave him carfare and explicit instructions:
Chpt 8 *explicit = clear and detailed
- The next day Big Richard gave me explicit instructions to "stay off the Corner," but I snuck over there anyway and watched as Mike came by that afternoon, rumbling up in his big Buick, playing Marvin Gaye on his eight-track player.
Chpt 14explicit = clear
Definitions:
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(1)
(explicit as in: explicit instructions) clear and with enough detail so there is no confusionShared information is often divided into two categories: explicit and implicit
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(2)
(explicit as in: explicit photos and pornography) expressing or displaying sexual activity or violence in a detailed manner
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)