adjective

• Helping to clarify or explain something.

  ‘it's been a very illuminating discussion’

  More example sentences

  • ‘the author offers illuminating insights into the ways in which literature has been shaped by the environment it portrays’

  Synonyms

  informative, enlightening, revealing, explanatory, instructive, instructional, helpful, educational, educative, edifying, rewarding, enriching

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