informative

[ in-fawr-muh-tiv ]
/ ɪnˈfɔr mə tɪv /

adjective

giving information; instructive: an informative book.
Also in·form·a·to·ry [in-fawr-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪnˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of informative

1375–1425; late Middle English: formative < Medieval Latin infōrmātīvus, equivalent to Latin infōrmāt(us) (past participle of infōrmāre to inform1) + -īvus -ive

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informative

informatory

/ (ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv) /

adjective

providing information; instructive

Derived forms of informative

informatively, adverb informativeness, noun