annotated

Bearing explanatory notes

Annotated describes something that has been furnished with explanatory notes or comments.

An annotated bibliography includes brief descriptions of each source.

An annotated edition of a classic novel provides footnotes explaining historical references, obscure vocabulary, or authorial choices.

The annotations may clarify, interpret, or critique: an annotated version of the Constitution.

referenced

footnoted

Given explanatory citations

endnote · cross-referenced · glossed · appendix · scholarly · peer-reviewed · documented · attributed · indexed · hyperlinked

marked

highlighted

Marked for emphasis

bookmarked · tagged · labeled · indexed · coded · penciled · circled · bracketed · color-coded · marginalia

commented

remark

Spoken comment or note

observation · aside · commentary · interpretation · elucidation · explication · insight · reflection · marginalia · interlinear

critical

analysis

Methodical study of parts

examination · review · assessment · dissection · deconstruction · exegesis · hermeneutics · apparatus · redaction

Categories
Opposites
presence of explanatory additions

annotatedplain

Basic and unremarkable

unmarked · uncommented · bare · unadorned · unnoted

clarity and organization of marking

annotatedconfused

Unable to understand

muddled · chaotic · illegible · obscured · jumbled

clarity and elaboration

annotatedunexplained

Not yet clarified

unelaborated · obscure · unclear · confused · cryptic

Phrases
Family

annotation, annotate, annotating, annotator, annotations, annotates

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