adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.

   "This latest incident is illustrative of his continued bad behavior."

Adjective

1. 1
   clarifying by use of examples wordnet
2. 2
   serving to demonstrate wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

allegorizingannotativeapishclarifyingcriticaldelineatory

Example

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"Many thanks for this illustrative collection of examples."

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