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instructive

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in⋅struc⋅tive

  [in-struhk-tiv]
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–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

Related forms:
in⋅struc⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅struc⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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in·struc·tive   (ĭn-strŭk'tĭv)   
adj.  Conveying knowledge or information; enlightening.
in·struc'tive·ly adv., in·struc'tive·ness n.
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