instructive








adjective

  1. serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
  2. Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means by which.

adjective

  1. serving to instruct or enlighten; conveying information
adj.

1610s, from instruct + -ive. Related: Instructively; instructiveness.

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