instructive

in·struc·tive

serving to instruct; giving useful knowledge or information

Origin of instructive

Medieval Latin instructivus

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instructive

adjective

Conveying knowledge or information; enlightening.

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in·struc′tive·ly
adverb

in·struc′tive·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative more instructive, superlative most instructive)

conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
Well, that was an instructive lesson.

Noun

(plural instructives)

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

Origin

instruct + -ive

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See the instructive passage in Aristotle, Nic. Eth.
Yet instructive parallels may be found in ancient literatures.
The study of the clan-group as an organization is as instructive here as in other fields.
In 1827 and the two following years, Cunningham prosecuted instructive explorations on both sides of the Liverpool range, between the upper waters of the Hunter and those of the Peel and other tributaries of the Brisbane north of New South Wales.
'' One of the sections of his able and instructive report was devoted to "A Comparison of the Progress of Astronomy in England with that in other Countries," very much to the disadvantage of England.

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