/tooh tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-, tyooh-/ , adj.
1. pertaining to or exercised by a tutor: tutorial functions or authority.
n.
2. a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
3. Computers.
a. programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.
b. a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.
[ 1735-45; tutori ( us ) of a guardian + -AL 1 ]