instructively adv 1: in an informative manner [syn: {informatively}, {instructively}] [ant: {uninformatively}, {uninstructively}]
Instructive \In*struct"ive\, a. [Cf. F. instructif.] Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. --Addison. [1913 Webster] In various talk the instructive hours they past. --Pope. -- {In*struct"ive*ly}, adv. -- {In*struct"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] The pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]