illustrative
[ ih-luhs-truh-tiv, il-uh-strey-tiv ]
adjective
serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
Origin of illustrative
1First recorded in 1635–45; illustrate + -ive
Other words from illustrative
- il·lus·tra·tive·ly, adverb
- non·il·lus·tra·tive, adjective
- non·il·lus·tra·tive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·il·lus·tra·tive, adjective
- o·ver·il·lus·tra·tive·ly, adverb
- self-il·lus·tra·tive, adjective
- un·il·lus·tra·tive, adjective
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How to use illustrative in a sentence
All this, mythically, illustratively, and by no means doctrinally or polemically.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table | Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)Will the readers of Maga accept, illustratively, of a rough translation?
The terms in which its description has just been illustratively traced show it to be perfectly rational, and even matter-of-fact.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; | Clark S. BeardsleeThe truth of this, the following anecdote will illustratively supply.
Illustratively with her hands she stretched to her full arm's length.
Little Eve Edgarton | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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