adjective 1.pertaining to or exercised by a
tutor:
tutorial functions or authority.
noun 2.a class in
which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
3.Computers.a.programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.
b.a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.
Origin: 1735–45; <
Latin tūtōri(
us) of a guardian +
-al1 Related forms non·tu·to·ri·al, adjective
non·tu·to·ri·al·ly, adverb