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
"It would have been edifying to the groom that had driven her to the station," Minver cynically suggested.
From Quaint Courtships by William Dean Howells
The delicacy with which he conducted himself towards his unfortunate predecessor is said to have been "edifying to the army."
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
