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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Instructive \In*struct"ive\, a. [Cf. F. instructif.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: instructive adj 1: serving to instruct of enlighten or inform [syn: {informative}] [ant: {uninstructive}] 2: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action" [syn: {enlightening}, {informative}] [ant: {unenlightening}]
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