illustrative.

Helping explain a point by providing an example or image.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• illustrative example
• illustrative case

On the page

The figures are illustrative, not predictions of actual costs.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.