self-evident
adjective
evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
self-evidently
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a word derived from
self-evident.
Example Sentences
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Such “slum clearance” is mentioned only in passing in the book, and as if it were self-evidently a positive thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
“This pattern of highly visible and self-evidently significant innovations leading to market euphoria, then to overinvestment, and thus to severe market decline has repeated again and again throughout history,” he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
This was self-evidently dumb, and not just because of the obsessive relitigation of a pandemic that ended when all these sorority girls were barely out of junior high.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025
But the judge, Mr Justice Jeremy Cooke, decided that any attempt to take into account commercial interests when submitting a Libor rate was "self-evidently" unlawful.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
First, because greengrocers are self-evidently horny- thumbed people who do not live by words.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
