illuminative

[ih-loo-muh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv]

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adjective

giving light; illuminating.

Origin of illuminative

First recorded in 1635–45; illuminate + -ive

Related formsnon·il·lu·mi·na·tive, adjectiveun·il·lu·mi·na·tive, adjective

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Related Words for illuminative

academic, cultural, didactic, edifying, educative, enlightening, informative, instructional, instructive, scholarly, informational, scholastic, tutorial

Examples from the Web for illuminative

Historical Examples of illuminative

An illuminative essay, with selections and portrait of Carpenter.
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906
Various
This Government handbook is not only exhaustive but illuminative.
The Empire of the East
H. B. Montgomery
Silence is so truth-telling, so illuminative, that few have the courage to face it.
Iconoclasts
James Huneker
Some experiments conducted by Frer are illuminative as to this.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 6, October, 1908
Various
It is the life of love, as the illuminative life is that of wisdom.
Bygone Beliefs
H. Stanley Redgrove