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

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

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

She spoke explanatorily about the historical causes, clarifying how each factor contributed to the conflict.

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

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

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