didactic
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Screwball humor often runs through the pieces; they indulge in abstraction and never skew didactic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Other somewhat more didactic or exposition-heavy passages include a professor giving a brief lecture about the persistent and pernicious British class system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
It’s a shrewd aside from the larger story, but one that succinctly highlights how women must constantly be aware of their surroundings without being didactic and obvious.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2025
"I guess what the show is saying, and we're never didactic about this stuff, is that Pierpoint and the wider capitalist enterprise turbocharge some of their worst instincts," says Kay.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024
She sent this didactic gem to several markets, but it found no purchaser, and she was inclined to agree with Mr. Dashwood that morals didn’t sell.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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