Associations to the word «Instructive»
Noun
Verb
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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.