Illustrative \Il*lus"tra*tive\, a. 1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.
2. Making illustrious. [Obs.]
Some of this may be speculative but the publication of the illustrative sources for the Palm Room and the Painted Room in particular seem to be exhaustive.
The record in sanitation, or garbage collection, is illustrative of the recent trend.
The figures presented in the nearby table should be regarded as approximate and illustrative only.
Mr. Sukenick's life and career, fairly prominent in the book, are illustrative of that titular paradox.
(now Judge) Richard Posner's notorious case for selling babies, published (with an illustrative supply-and-demand graph) in his textbook, "Economic Analysis of Law."
The fanfare-motifs returned in sharper focus before a numb, discouraged coda. Though Sawer insists that his 20-minutes-odd piece is not primarily pictorial or illustrative, it is hard to hear it in any other way.