didactical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactical
Adjective
  • This is, in large part, a refreshing break from the didactic tone of so many crime shows, although Frank does leave some compelling ideas insufficiently examined.
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2025
  • In the wrong hands, this could be too didactic and clumsy, but it’s deftly executed, and the integration of songs, drama, and dance is seamless—and often stunning.
    Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • The following Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or have been named to their school’s dean’s list, honor roll or similar academic achievement list. Names, degrees and honors appear below as provided by the respective schools.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
  • Nearly one million Florida students missed more than three weeks of school last year, a staggering number of chronically absent children undermining their academic success.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • His tone can be professorial with occasional flashes of bone-dry humor.
    Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Didactical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didactical. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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