illuminatingadjective
uk/ɪˈluː.mɪ.neɪ.tɪŋ/us/ɪˈluː.mə.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/formalgiving you new information about a subject or making it easier to understand:
The book is full of illuminating detail on the causes of the war.
a most illuminating discussion
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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