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instructive definition
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Overview of adj instructive The adj instructive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) instructive, informative -- (serving to instruct of enlighten or inform) 2. enlightening, informative, instructive -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action") Antonyms of adj instructive 2 senses of instructive Sense 1 instructive (vs. uninstructive), informative uninstructive (vs. instructive), uninformative Sense 2 enlightening (vs. unenlightening), informative, instructive Similarity of adj instructive 2 senses of instructive Sense 1 instructive (vs. uninstructive), informative => clarifying, elucidative => demonstrative, illustrative => didactic, didactical => doctrinaire => educative => educational => explanatory => expository, expositive => interpretative, interpretive => ostensive Also See-> informative#3, informatory#1 Sense 2 enlightening (vs. unenlightening), informative, instructive Attributes of adj instructive Familiarity of adj instructive instructive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj instructive instructive uninstructive Overview of adj instructive The adj instructive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) instructive, informative -- (serving to instruct of enlighten or inform) 2. enlightening, informative, instructive -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action")
instructive definition
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