didactical

Definition of didacticalnext

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Adjective
  • Season 2 features a laughably didactic arc in which a family earns too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to pay their bill.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And the violent scenes aren’t grotesque or didactic — think of Miles’ muted trumpet sound reconfigured as resurrection visuals, of his ability to play and stage ballads so well that their uptempo momentum moves into territories too macabre to mute.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • While students are surrounded by technology, teachers say that exposure alone is not building the kind of skills needed for academic or professional environments.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Wyzant provides academic tutoring services, which allow tutors to establish their own hourly rates that range between $25 and $100.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • An English professor at Harvard and the author of two acclaimed novels, The Old Drift (2019) and The Furrows (2022), Serpell combines a professorial breadth of reference and a novelist’s fascination with the mechanics of literature.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Learning to Engage McMillon has an almost professorial air that’s articulate, polite and exudes competence — but his skill set was honed by long years of experience.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Didactical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didactical. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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