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Webster 1913 Edition
Instructive
In-struct′ive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
instructif
.] Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform;
as, experience furnishes very
. instructive
lessonsAddison.
In-struct′ive-ly
, adv.
In-struct′ive-ness
, Noun.
The pregnant
instructiveness
of the Scripture. Boyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Instructive
INSTRUCT'IVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
instructive
instructive
English
Adjective
instructive (comparative more instructive, superlative most instructive)
- Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
- Well, that was an instructive lesson.
Synonyms
- (Conveying knowledge, information or instruction): informative
Translations
Conveying knowledge, information or instruction
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Noun
instructive (plural instructives)
- (linguistics) A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
Translations
Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
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