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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
instructiveness — noun see instructive … New Collegiate Dictionary
instructiveness — See instructively. * * * … Universalium
instructiveness — in struc·tive·ness || ɪn strÊŒktɪvnɪs n. quality of providing information, informativeness, state of being enlightening … English contemporary dictionary
instructiveness — in·struc·tive·ness … English syllables
instructiveness — noun see instructive … Useful english dictionary
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Instructively — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
instructive — adjective Date: 1611 carrying a lesson ; enlightening • instructively adverb • instructiveness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
instructive — instructively, adv. instructiveness, n. /in struk tiv/, adj. 1. serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening. 2. Gram. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate means… … Universalium
Manciple’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1396) Chaucer’s Manciple’s Tale is the last fictional text in THE CANTERBURY TALES, in most manuscripts coming immediately before the Parson’s sermon on the Seven Deadly Sins that ends the collection.A BEAST FABLE… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
