didactical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactical
Adjective
  • 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
  • Unfortunately, the question of how much worth is placed on an Israeli life versus a Palestinian one is answered mostly in words, and thus, in too direct (and perhaps too didactic) a fashion, when so much of the movie’s drama could have grounded it emotionally.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.
    Anna Commander Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
  • This philosophical underpinning drives the company beyond mere resurrection spectacles — a critique often levied by academic skeptics following the company’s milestone de-extinction announcement.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 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 6 Jun. 2025.

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