instructive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
    informative.

WordNet

In*struct"ive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. instructif.
Definitions
  1. Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison.
    In various talk the instructive hours they past. Pope.
    -- In*struct"ive*ly, adv. -- In*struct"ive*ness, n.
    The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. Boyle.

Webster 1913