edifying

[ ed-uh-fahy-ing ]

adjective

1. instructive or beneficial, especially morally or spiritually; uplifting:

   We had our meals together, during which we listened to reading from an edifying children's book.

Other Words From

• ed·i·fy·ing·ly adverb
• un·ed·i·fy·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of edifying¹

edify + -ing ²

Example Sentences

It’s also a central pillar of the pair’s edifying new sitcom.

From Los Angeles Times

I was doing that job, less than part time, for only a brief period, while for the adults working in the dining hall, it was a more permanent and far less edifying condition.

From New York Times

It’s always such an incredible, edifying experience to be around somebody who is a master at their craft.

From Seattle Times

This may have been a low point, but not even the more edifying moments of the discussion shed much light on the essential conflict between Brustein’s commitment to integration and Wilson’s appeal for separatism.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was such an edifying moment for us both to see the scope of a lifetime of work dedicated to investigating these sets of questions that are formal, conceptual, cultural and material.”

From Los Angeles Times