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Informative   /ɪnfˈɔrmətɪv/   Listen
Informative

adjective
1.
Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.  Synonyms: enlightening, illuminating.  "An illuminating lecture"
2.
Serving to instruct or enlighten or inform.  Synonym: instructive.
3.
Providing or conveying information.  Synonym: informatory.






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"Informative" Quotes from Famous Books



... it is a fact that almost all the vital informative literature that is produced at first hand sees the light in connection with clubs and associations—bodies that publish journals, "transactions" or "proceedings" for the especial purpose of printing ...
— A Librarian's Open Shelf • Arthur E. Bostwick

... These were informative. He was learning from her how the outside world was run, from one who had no close association with his own former life. Mrs. Bagley was by no means well-informed on all sides of life, but she did have her opinions and her experiences and a fair ...
— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith

... more unfortunate issues is the omission of the over 100 illustrations of the original edition. I also elected to omit the informative captions. I hope to make an HTML edition available at http://rjs.org/gutenberg/ which will ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens

... fascinating volume. I cannot find time to tell you all it has to say about the Porter family. Mr. Reade is as informative when treating of the Porters, of Mrs. Johnson and her daughter Lucy, as he is with the family trees of ...
— Immortal Memories • Clement Shorter

... impressions left on his own mind by the same places and people. On the publication of this work, in 1869, extensive and highly appreciative reviews appeared in all the leading papers and journals, and to-day it is still looked upon as one of the most trustworthy and informative books of travel. ...
— Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2) • James Marchant

... Lodge, and Mr. Frank Podmore are other members of the society who have granted the outside world informative glimpses of its workings and discoveries. Sir William Crookes, of course, is best known as a great chemist, discoverer of the element thallium, and inventor of numerous scientific instruments; while Sir Oliver Lodge's most striking work has been ...
— Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters • H. Addington Bruce

... only informative, it is inspirational. History and biography fire the youth with a noble spirit of emulation; poetry, fiction, and the drama, and to some extent music, painting, and sculpture, arouse the emotions and direct them-if the art is good-into proper channels. Meunier's sculptured figures, Millet's ...
— Problems of Conduct • Durant Drake



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