Associations to the word «Instructive»

Wiktionary

INSTRUCTIVE, adjective. Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
INSTRUCTIVE, noun. (linguistics) A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
INSTRUCTIVE CASE, noun. (grammar): noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.
INSTRUCTIVE CASES, noun. Plural of instructive case

Dictionary definition

INSTRUCTIVE, adjective. Serving to instruct or enlighten or inform.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King