instructivenessn.

1656 J. Prideaux Συνειδησιλογία: Doctr. Conscience 37 By reason of..the instructiveness of the style [of the Apocrypha], some choice passages are read out of them.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 130 The Pregnant instructiveness of the Scripture.

1707 S. Parker tr. Eccl. Hist. Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, & Theodorit I. Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Besides the Instructiveness of it [sc. the history of the Church] in our most weighty Concerns, it sets the Nobler Passions o' work.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) V. vii. 143 This adds greatly to the Agreeableness and Instructiveness of Conversation.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. viii. 226 A phenomenon of little interest and of no instructiveness.

1886 Manch. Examiner 18 Jan. 5/5 An experiment..which is full of instructiveness for the country at large.

1938 Observer 16 Jan. 5/4 Quite apart..from its instructiveness and the pleasure of its reading, this history has a very present political value.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 July 30 Starkey..is clearly thrilled by this shining example of the instructiveness of history across the generations.