instructive
serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means by which.
Origin of instructive
1Other words from instructive
- 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
- 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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How to use instructive in a sentence
As in many Leigh films, the most instructively cringe-worthy moments come during social gatherings.
Nor did he talk instructively about the beginnings of life and how humans were but slightly advanced simians.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonThe original doubt which had disturbed them seems to have been one instructively characteristic of the early theocratic faith.
Studies of Christianity | James MartineauThe three Friends were favored most instructively to labor in the meeting for business.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel | John Yeardley"Yes, but you can feel the will and the power without actually inflicting suffering," said Edna instructively.
In Brief Authority | F. Anstey
The veteran displayed astonishing resources of memory and talked most instructively about the actors of the Kemble period.
Shadows of the Stage | William Winter
British Dictionary definitions for instructive
/ (ɪnˈstrʌktɪv) /
serving to instruct or enlighten; conveying information
Derived forms of instructive
- instructively, adverb
- instructiveness, noun
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