instructiveness

At the same time, the play does not belabor its own instructiveness.

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" has the jaunty instructiveness of a "Sesame Street" spelling lesson.

The first book of nonfiction from the Eastern European novelist describes "with singular instructiveness . . . why novels are and should be written at all."

But she feels him with her, with an instinctive, reinforcing instructiveness, whenever there is an education decision to be executed or a phone call to a parent to be made.

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude, an attitude usually defined by the wound stripes of life. . . . " Yet for all the black humor and instructiveness of "Harp," there remains something chilling about the author's attitude.

To those of my readers who have disliked the fantastic and macabre tone of my work, I proffer the sincerest apologies; and would defend myself only by pointing out that there is an artistic ideal apart from the "wholesomeness" and "instructiveness" beloved by the worthy generality of citizens.