selityksellä

Selityksellä is the adessive/instrumental form of the Finnish noun selitys, meaning explanation, justification, or reason. The word functions to indicate the means or method by which something is done or understood, and can be translated roughly as “with an explanation” or “by explanation.”

Grammar and morphology: It derives from selitys plus the adessive -llä, which marks instrumentality or a means of action in Finnish. The related forms include selitys (nominative), selityksen (genitive), selityksellä (adessive), selitykseen (illative), and other case forms used to express different grammatical relationships.

Usage: Selityksellä appears in formal or written Finnish to specify that an action, interpretation, or statement rests on a particular explanation. It can function to indicate the means by which something is justified or understood. In everyday Finnish, however, more common constructions to express justification include selityksen mukaan (“according to the explanation”) or perusteluna (“as a justification”).

Notes: The term is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept with a separate technical definition. Its precise meaning depends on context and what explanation is being referenced. The instrumental form helps highlight the role of an explanation as the mechanism or basis for a claim or action.

See also: selitys, perustelu, syy, motiivi.