edify
verb (used with object)
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift.
have been edifying
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present perfect progressiveof edify.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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That’s not to say that the ensuing conversation would have been edifying.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
It might have been edifying but it wouldn’t have played well in the Catskills.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2017
It might have been edifying to hear a white Southerner who came of age in the world created by that exchange — even one who lived in relative middle-class comfort — speak about that.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2016
By degrees, he obtains a full confession—-not from the serpent, whose speech might not have been edifying, but from Adam and Eve.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Things were hissing and sizzling on the stove in the most satisfactory manner, and Lawry presided over the frying-pan with a grace and dignity which would have been edifying in a professional cook.
From Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People by Oliver Optic
