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View synonyms for illuminative
illuminative
[ ih-loo-muh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv ]
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Other Words From
- nonil·lumi·native adjective
- unil·lumi·native adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illuminative1
First recorded in 1635–45; illuminate + -ive
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Example Sentences
Had it not been for occasional curt, illuminative questions, Peter Gross might have thought him asleep.
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Here are two facts of the financial sort, sufficiently illuminative.
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For his best romantic effects, like all great romance, are illuminative of life, and no mere idle games.
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A few social customs may conclude this chapter, as illuminative of the times.
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The fact that he does write in that mood points to the one illuminative truth now essential to be remembered.
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