instructiveness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
St. Cyr, February 13, 1854,—The French allow no author to have a claim to the highest rank unless he joins the perfection of style with the instructiveness of his matter.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
Their instructiveness consists in the conspicuous example they afford of the effect of certain errors which at the present day are commonly held and rarely contradicted.
From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
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 William Rounseville Alger
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