didactic
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Didactic it may be, but in a crisis, as in a fire, one is grateful for even unsubtle signs marking the path of escape.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2017
Didactic /dīˈdaktik/ adjective: in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.
From Time • Jul. 27, 2015
The first, “The Hidden World: Jim Shaw Didactic Art Collection,” was to have opened this spring but will likely be postponed until next year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2015
Didactic Whatever its merits, Uncle Boonmee is sure to benefit from the international exposure a Palme d'Or automatically generates.
From BBC • May 24, 2010
Didactic poetry, in truth, leads too often to ludicrous descents.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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