edifying
Collocations
2VERB + EDIFYING
said, wasn't
ADV.
morally
Definitions
adj
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
That enlightens or uplifts.
noun
Edification.
I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste and Viola, her twin fools, but more obviously and more frequently by herself, until finally she is blessed with the joy of undeserved grace and love. Malvolio will not learn that his madness is everyone's madness in Illyria.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or
- enlightening
Antonyms
- unedifying
- unenlightening
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste
WiktionaryThe pastor's sermons may bore you, but they are morally edifying.
Tatoeba · #723257What Tom said wasn't very edifying.
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