didactically

Variant of didactic

didactic definition

di·dac·tic (dī dak′tik; also di-)

adjective

  1. used or intended for teaching or instruction
  2. morally instructive, or intended to be so
  3. too much inclined to teach others; boringly pedantic or moralistic

Etymology: Gr didaktikos, apt at teaching < didaskein, to teach, prob. redupl. < IE base *dens-, wisdom, to teach, learn > Avestan dīdainghē, I am taught

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