"instructively" meaning in English

See instructively in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: more instructively [comparative], most instructively [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English instructive Middle English -ly English -ly English instructively From instructive + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|instructive|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English instructive Middle English -ly English -ly English instructively [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "instructively", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="instructively"> From instructive + -ly., {{ety|en|:af|instructive|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English instruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English instructive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English instructively From instructive + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} instructively (comparative more instructively, superlative most instructively)
  1. In an instructive manner.
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