instructive

adj.
Conveying knowledge or information; enlightening.

instructively in·struc'tive·ly adv.
instructiveness in·struc'tive·ness n.

adjective

Serving to educate or inform: edifying, educational, educative, enlightening, illuminative, informative, instructional. See teach/learn.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: serving to instruct of enlighten or inform
  Synonym: informative
  Antonym: uninstructive (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  Synonyms: enlightening, informative

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - instruktiv, belærende

Nederlands (Dutch)
instructief, leerzaam

Français (French)
adj. - instructif, éducatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - instruktiv, aufschlußreich, lehrreich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διδακτικός, εκπαιδευτικός, πληροφοριακός

Italiano (Italian)
istruttivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - instrutivo

Русский (Russian)
поучительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - instructivo, informativo, aleccionador

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - instruktiv, lärorik

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有益的, 教育性的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有益的, 教育性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 교훈적인, 유익한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ためになる, 有益な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثقف, منور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדריך, מאלף, מאיר את עיני‬

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