instructive
Americanadjective
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serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
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Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means by which.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- instructively adverb
- instructiveness noun
- noninstructive adjective
- noninstructively adverb
- noninstructiveness noun
- overinstructive adjective
- overinstructively adverb
- overinstructiveness noun
- uninstructive adjective
- uninstructively adverb
Etymology
Origin of instructive
Example Sentences
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For Goldhaber, the response to “Pipeline” became instructive for his work becoming less prescriptive.
From Los Angeles Times
The body language at the end was instructive; Celtic sprightly, Rangers stunned.
From BBC
It's instructive to see how comfortable the four of them are in each other's company and with the position they find themselves in.
From BBC
The Japanese prime minister’s resilience in the face of Chinese pressure could also be instructive to so-called middle powers that are searching for a way to parry pressure from both China and the U.S.
The experiences of two others—Miller and Martin—may be more instructive because they illustrate how a Fed chair can disappoint a president even when inflation isn’t the reason.
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