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illustrative

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɪˈlʌs.tɹə.tɪv/ UK /ɪˈlʌs.tɹə.tɪv/
Freq #120571

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.

    This latest incident is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.

  2. 2
    adj

    clarifying by use of examples

  3. 3
    adj

    serving to demonstrate

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · clarifying by use of examples exemplifying
3 adj · serving to demonstrate demonstrative

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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