didactical
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di·dac·tic
(dī-dăk′tĭk) also di·dac·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Intended to instruct.
2. Morally instructive.
3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.
[Greek didaktikos, skillful in teaching, from didaktos, taught, from didaskein, didak-, to teach, educate.]
di·dac′ti·cal·ly adv.
di·dac′ti·cism (-tĭ-sĭz′əm) n.
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Adj. | 1. | didactical - instructive (especially excessively) instructive, informative - serving to instruct or enlighten or inform |
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didactical
adjective1. Teaching morality:
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