edifying

That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.

Adjective

  1. That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
  2. That enlightens or uplifts.

Forms

more edifying most edifying

Derived

edifyingly edifyingness unedifying

Noun

  1. 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...

Forms

edifyings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of edify
    • Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […]...