— didactically , adv. — didacticism , n.
/duy dak"tik/ , adj.
1. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
2. inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
4. didactics , ( used with a sing. v. ) the art or science of teaching.
Also, didactical .
[ 1635-45; didaktikós apt at teaching, instructive, equiv. to didakt ( ós ) that may be taught + -ikos -IC ]
Syn. 2. pedantic, preachy, donnish, pedagogic.