Meaning

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

    This latest incident is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.

More definitions
  • clarifying by use of examples
  • serving to demonstrate

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Many thanks for this illustrative collection of examples.

    deVielen Dank für diese anschauliche Beispielsammlung! — al_ex_an_der

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  2. The photos are for illustrative purposes only. The actual delivered product may differ.

  3. This Anglo-Teutonic, castellated, gothized structure must be considered as an abortive production, at once illustrative of bad taste and defective judgment.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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