The teacher provided an explanatory note to help students understand the complex theory.

The explanatoriness of her lecture helped the students grasp the complex theory quickly.

The instructions were self-explanatory, so everyone finished the task quickly.

The historian argued that the film was best read as explanatory fiction rather than as a documentary.

Her pessimistic explanatory style made her interpret every setback as permanent and personal.

Researchers compared the explanatory styles of optimistic and pessimistic students to see how they responded to failure.

Historians often rely on explanatory fictions to make sense of incomplete records, even though they acknowledge these narratives are provisional.

The instructions were un-self-explanatory, so the team had to ask for clarification.