INSTRUCTIVE

instructive, informative

(adjective) serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

instructive (comparative more instructive, superlative most instructive)

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

Synonyms

• (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction): informative, educative, didactic

Noun

instructive (plural instructives)

(linguistics) A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

Source: Wiktionary


In*struct"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. instructif.]

Definition: Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison. In various talk the instructive hours they past. Pope.

– In*struct"ive*ly, adv.

– In*struct"ive*ness, n. The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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