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Instructiveness

[in-struhk-tiv]

in·struc·tive

[in-struhk-tiv]
adjective
1.
serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
2.
Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means by which.

Origin:
1605–15; instruct + -ive

in·struc·tive·ly, adverb
in·struc·tive·ness, noun
non·in·struc·tive, adjective
non·in·struc·tive·ly, adverb
non·in·struc·tive·ness, noun
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o·ver·in·struc·tive, adjective
o·ver·in·struc·tive·ly, adverb
o·ver·in·struc·tive·ness, noun
un·in·struc·tive, adjective
un·in·struc·tive·ly, adverb
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instructive (ɪnˈstrʌktɪv)
 
adj
serving to instruct or enlighten; conveying information
 
in'structively
 
adv
 
in'structiveness
 
n

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