enlightening
adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an
enlightening glimpse of government in action" [syn: informative,
instructive] [ant: unenlightening]
2: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or
moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an
edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [syn:
edifying] [ant: unedifying]
3: highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying;
"an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of
information" [syn: illuminating] [ant: unilluminating]