didactical

adjective

Definition of didacticalnext
as in didactic

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  1. didactic
  2. academic
  3. professorial
Adjective
  • Neither didactic nor gratuitous, these questions are neatly streamed into the screenplay and will enhance the film’s appeal for many viewers.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Roots of the New York School: The Foundations of American Modernism is a madly didactic abstraction that looks further back in time to artists and collectors like Duchamp, Rothko, Betty Parsons, Peggy Guggenheim, and Lee Krasner.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of didactic
Adjective
  • The Los Angeles Unified School District reported 11 incidents of nitrous oxide possession during the 2023-24 academic school year.
    Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • According to the academic calendar, final exams are will last through Friday, with grades due Monday.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of academic
Adjective
  • The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Review Eagles pay tribute to J.D. Souther, Jimmy Buffett at Sphere As expected, Henley, clad in his traditional stage gear of a professorial vest, took a moment to honor J.D.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
Definition of professorial
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