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informative

[ in-fawr-muh-tiv ]
/ ɪnˈfɔr mə tɪv /
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adjective
giving information; instructive: an informative book.
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Also in·form·a·to·ry [in-fawr-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /ɪnˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of informative

1375–1425; late Middle English: formative <Medieval Latin infōrmātīvus, equivalent to Latin infōrmāt(us) (past participle of infōrmāre to inform1) + -īvus-ive

OTHER WORDS FROM informative

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Words related to informative

chatty, descriptive, enlightening, explanatory, gossipy, illuminating, informational, instructional, instructive, revealing, advisory, communicative, edifying, educative, elucidative, forthcoming, newsy, revelatory, significant

How to use informative in a sentence

  • With easy grace he dismissed himself and talked knowledgeably and informatively of the antiquities and the beauties of Auvergne.

    The Mountebank|William J. Locke

  • He writes interestingly, informatively and authoritatively on the big financial subjects of the moment.

    What's in the New York Evening Journal|New York Evening Journal

  • "The perfect pupæ of this insect are extremely rare," added Ferrara informatively.

    Brood of the Witch-Queen|Sax Rohmer

British Dictionary definitions for informative

informative

informatory

/ (ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv) /
adjective
providing information; instructive

Derived forms of informative

informatively, adverbinformativeness, noun
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