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  1. adjective Serving or intended to explain: an explanatory paragraph.

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  • The configuration dialogs are very easy and straight forward (and I hope devs can keep it this way (simple) even when they start adding more options) 100\% self-explanatory: —  Planet KDE
  • While the science is self-explanatory, Hammer said high-level mathematics has to be used in a number of areas. —  news | GT | http://www.gadsdentimes.com
  • Opening reception on Saturday for this self-explanatory, multi-artist exhibit, with live painting by Two Rabbits and beats by DJ Phyz Ed, from 6-9 p.m.
  • Word of mouth has a lot of strength on the platform, which is why local multiplayer of some sort always helps, equally you have to advertise and you really have to work to make your game's appeal self-explanatory (which isn't saying to dumb the game down, but make sure your game stands out from the herd of generically-named shovelware) —  Joystiq
  • It's plainly about World of Warcraft for those who play, but most of the jargon is kept generic and mostly self-explanatory -- brilliantly so. —  1UP RSS feed
 

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  1. from Late Latin explanatorius, from Latin explanare, past participle explanatus, explain: see explain.
 

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/ɛksˈplænətəri/
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