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• a  serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

• What do writers read when they don't want to work? We asked some big names from the literary world what they dip into for enjoyment; the answers are instructive, about both writers .
• And Holmes, who died of AIDS in 1988, had a life far more bizarre and instructive than Eddie's.
• You could say it's all instructive; supposedly there's nothing shown here that Ishi didn't do.

• informative

• uninstructive

News & Articles

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• My Take on the Google Maps MOOC - Part 1
  I'm five lessons into the Google Maps MOOC (Mapping with Google), which I am taking more to learn about how Google is teaching the course than for improving my aptitude with Maps or Earth. With the boom in massive open online courses (MOOC), I find it instructive to understand how... Continue reading
  June 12, 2013 - All Points Blog
• Obama says 'instructive conversation' with Xi on N. Korea, cybersecurity
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - President Barack Obama says he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) had an `instructive conversation' on North Korea and cybersecurity, two of the most contentious issues between the two countries.
  June 8, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Obama says 'instructive conversation' with Xi - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - President Barack Obama says he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) had an 'instructive conversation' on North Korea and cybersecurity, 2 of the most contentious issues between the two countries.
  June 8, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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• Gen Peter Pace in International Herald Tribune
  I think it's instructive that in the last couple of weeks two of those raids that we conducted to go after these folks that are providing these kinds of weapons - two of those raids had policed up Iranians,Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the...
• Al Gore in International Herald Tribune
  China's reaction to the scientific report last week was disappointing, but it was instructive,Gore said.
• Roger Bart in Washington Post
  It was a great show to play because it kept my chops good,Bart says. "There's nothing more instructive than the immediate response of an audience. Each time I came back to the show, the part became more my own and less of what I learned...