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instructive definition

in·struc·tive (in struk′tiv)

adjective

serving to instruct; giving knowledge or information

Etymology: ML instructivus

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instructive Synonyms

instructive

modif.

illuminating, enlightening, informative; see informative.


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instructive Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: It is, indeed, highly instructive to mark the progress of these two great literary institutes.

Infinitive complement

  • compare: It is instructive to compare magnetic with electric fields.

Modifies a noun

  • comparison: There is an instructive comparison to be made with what has been noticed by Labor.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: Visitor feedback from the Wellcome Wing has already proved instructive.

Preposition: in

  • respect: The history of oil palm propagation by tissue culture is instructive in this respect.
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instructive quotes

Music is no different from opium. Music affects the human mind in a way that makes peoplethinkof nothing but music and sensual matters† Music is a treason to the country, a treason to our youth, and we should cut out all this music and replace it with something instructive.

-Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah

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