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
His favourite pupil was edifyingly regular in attendance at church, and said his prayers with much fervour.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
