didactic

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Davis’ book makes sense of all this without being overly didactic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

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 • Oct. 2, 2025

“Once you get didactic, that’s it. You’ve lost them.”

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

"I guess what the show is saying, and we're never didactic about this stuff, is that Pierpoint and the wider capitalist enterprise turbocharge some of their worst instincts," says Kay.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024

On the way to the base Colonel Meecham announced to his sons in a calm, didactic voice that they were both in critical need of a haircut.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy