informativein‧for‧ma‧tive /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv $ -ɔːr-/ ●○○ adjective 
- Jim found the library staff friendly and informative.
- The informative newsletter is published once every two months.
- The lecture was very informative and helpful.
providing a lot of information► informative providing a lot of new or useful information: · The lecture was very informative and helpful.· Jim found the library staff friendly and informative.· The informative newsletter is published once every two months.
► enlightening formal providing a lot of new or useful information: · The President described his conversation with the Russian leader as enlightening.· She has given us some truly enlightening insights into the subject of personality disorders.
ADVERB► highly· Hyperbole, perhaps, but this meeting of two of world football's traditionally strongest sides should none the less prove highly informative.· Thesis titles in the earth sciences tend to be highly informative.
► more· Intuitive judgements of the kind listed above are undoubtedly more informative than gross judgements of abnormality.· The officer, however respectful, was at first no more informative than anyone else had been.· This is thoroughly enjoyable and could not be more informative.· Ten minutes with Morgan was more informative than all the rest of his questioning put together.· A long-term solution may be a radical reform of the Press Complaints Commission aimed at getting more informative, balanced reporting.· Do not make your contribution more informative than is required.· To render this picture more informative, it is necessary to distinguish degrees and modes of participation.
► most· The copy is full of features and most informative on many relevant subjects.· It is from this position that the features of the Gloucester and Cirencester pavements are most informative.· Perhaps a Bok side against a Junior side would be most informative.· I have always found it to be most informative, stimulating and interesting - a really excellent magazine.
► very· If you are using Lotus 1-2-3 and enter this function in a cell however you will not find the result very informative.· Practical, very informative of course.· Apart from being welcomed by the patient, such changes may also be very informative for staff.· C S Collins An obvious enthusiast, with a strong sense of humour which did not detract from his very informative presentation.· Careful observation of how the child manages pieces of solid food can be very informative.· The final chapter where the current commercial applications of optical fiber technology are reviewed is very informative.· This was a very informative, intelligent and thoughtful presentation, with slides which were mostly well chosen.· It is very informative and I agree with all of the points raised.
nouninformantinformationinformermisinformationdisinformationadjectiveinformative ≠ uninformativeinformed ≠ uninformedverbinformmisinformadverbinformatively
an informative and entertaining book—informatively adverb