instructively
- adverb
- /ɪnˈstrʌktɪvli/
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instructivamente
- An instructively different view is offered by the anonymous author of the catalog to the British Institution's retrospective in 1813, when nearly one hundred fifty of Reynolds's works were put on show.
Examples
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Phillips becomes properly, instructively elegiac as he salutes those worms which commanded Darwin's late-in-life attention: "They were inadvertently generous; not designed for altruism."
Academic text (2000) -
He proposes to reshape the materials of the past more inclusively and instructively than such distinctions, or their analogues in academic disciplines, allow.
Academic text (1992) -
"That is not attractive," he said instructively.
Fiction book (2002) -
She looks up into the doctor's big red blonde face as if at an instructively beautiful sunset.
Fiction book (1990) -
The comparison of relevant written documents with prints instructively recalls the epistemological limitations involved in reading images generally.
Academic text (1995) -
Annie laughed instructively.
Fiction book (1994) -
These are, of course, very basic questions, but they are surprisingly—and, again, I think instructively—difficult to answer.
Academic text (2018) -
The teacher explained the concept instructively, making sure all the students understood the material.
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The documentary was made instructively, presenting facts and history in an engaging way.
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Her speech was instructively organized, guiding the audience through complex ideas clearly.
Synonyms
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1.0
In a way that gives help or useful information
5
3.3
In a way that helps people learn
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4.2
In a way that gives useful or interesting information
In a way that helps people learn
In the way teachers teach in small groups of students
In a way that gives an example to make something clear
Antonyms
How Instructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
instructively = instructive (transparent) = instruct + ive + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'instructive', yielding a straightforward adverbial meaning.
Etymology
Instructively comes from the parts in- meaning 'into' and struct meaning 'build', which you can see in structure and construct. So to instruct is like 'building' knowledge into someone, and instructively means doing something in a way that teaches or gives useful information.