enlightening


enlightening (http://definr.com/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]