didactic

Example Sentences

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We didn’t want to write a didactic book.

From Los Angeles Times

Other somewhat more didactic or exposition-heavy passages include a professor giving a brief lecture about the persistent and pernicious British class system.

From The Wall Street Journal

The star went on to admit that during that period of time she "might have got a little didactic about it."

From BBC

It’s a shrewd aside from the larger story, but one that succinctly highlights how women must constantly be aware of their surroundings without being didactic and obvious.

From Salon

But they also found that teachers spent 59% of their classroom time on “didactic instruction,” which means imparting information and instructions to students rather than encouraging independent thinking and play.

From Los Angeles Times