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At the time, he didn’t really understand the dynamic; he thought perhaps it came down to his penchant for instructiveness or people generally just enjoying his food.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2019

He said it admiringly, with mock instructiveness but also with triumph, like a naturalist who has just sighted a rare specimen.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2014

I still recall most vividly what a paternal uncle habitually said of the brightness and unexampled impressiveness of Calhoun’s eyes, and the charm and instructiveness of his conversation.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

But his selfishness, sensuality, recklessness, and degradation give, in one respect, a peculiar interest and instructiveness to the enthusiastic friendship subsisting between him and his daughter.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

We have poetry too discursively brilliant for the trammels of verse, eloquence which has drawn its materials from the purest sources, and instructiveness running into sparkling effusions or soaring in aërial fancies.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various