edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
Example Sentences
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The mannequins displaying them are mostly dispersed throughout the home — including in the dining room — which makes the cultural arrogation at play painfully, if edifyingly, clear.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
That’s the question this kind of story is meant to ask, but it’s been answered more edifyingly elsewhere.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2015
Stornoway Oxford Town Hall Then touring But there's no shortcut to mass adoration for a band with appeal this edifyingly nuanced.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2013
Though they pledge no formal adherence to strict Halakhah, the students can, like Joan Koehler, be edifyingly tough on themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finding that he was a character, I carried on the conversation; and he talked most edifyingly to all in the room, as he spoke loud enough to be heard at the very end.
From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by J.O. Choules
