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instructive

  • /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/

adjective more instructive · most instructive

  1. Conveying knowledge, information or instruction. Well, that was an instructive lesson.

    Similar: didactic, educative, informative, informatory

noun instructives

  1. A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

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Closest in meaning: educative, didactic, informative, enlightening, illustrative, demonstrative, didactical, expositive, explanatory, expository, elucidative, clarifying, interpretative, educational, interpretive, doctrinaire

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adj Conveying knowledge, information or instruction

Españolinstructivo, aleccionador
हिन्दीशिक्षाप्रद śikṣāprad
Françaisinstructif
Deutschlehrreich, aufschlussreich, belehrend
Italianoistruttivo, instruttivo
Русскийпоучи́тельный poučítelʹnyj

noun Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action

Françaisinstructif
DeutschInstruktiv
Русскийинструкти́вный паде́ж instruktívnyj padéž, инструкти́в instruktív

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@misc{instructive_2026,
  title = {instructive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/instructive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}