instructive
Americanadjective
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serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
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Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means by which.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- instructively adverb
- instructiveness noun
- noninstructive adjective
- noninstructively adverb
- noninstructiveness noun
- overinstructive adjective
- overinstructively adverb
- overinstructiveness noun
- uninstructive adjective
- uninstructively adverb
Etymology
Origin of instructive
Example Sentences
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“I don’t regard that as accidental and I do think it is instructive,” Redman says.
From Barron's
His valor is worth remembering on its merits, and the history is instructive about the threats now facing the U.S.
I was not heckling or mocking, but what followed was immediate — and instructive.
From Salon
Ms. Knowles’s candid narrative of raising her extraordinary daughters, staying true to herself in the world of entertainment and living with humility amid success is inspiring and instructive.
Anecdotes are not data, but they are often instructive.
From Salon
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