self-explanatory

[ self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self- ]

adjective

1. explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.

self-explanatory

adjective

1. understandable without explanation; self-evident

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-explanatory¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

One of the more recent ones, for example, is titled “God Hates Malaysia,” and is pretty self-explanatory.

From The Daily Beast

Second - (This was a reaction to the parsing of the word "heckling") And this - well that one is self-explanatory.

From The Daily Beast

Among her self-explanatory titles: Her First Lesbian Sex 14, T and A Buffet, and Barefoot Confidential 44.

From The Daily Beast

The second device, of which we also give an example, is self-explanatory, and is perhaps the more original.

From Project Gutenberg

A similar structure, formed with seven glasses and a carafe, is shown in Fig. 22, which is self-explanatory.

From Project Gutenberg

I think that Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 16, 17, and 18 are self-explanatory.

From Project Gutenberg

The name thus conferred is a self-explanatory and exclusive title of distinction and authority.

From Project Gutenberg

Apropos to the foregoing facts are the following communications which are self-explanatory.

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