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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are edifying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that provides moral or intellectual instruction or enlightenment.
Example: "The lectures on philosophy and ethics are edifying, helping students to think critically about their values."
Alternatives: "are enlightening" or "are instructive".
Dictionary
are edifying
verb
To build, construct.
synonyms
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The lessons from this half of the book are edifying.
Some of the broader cultural themes he relates to Gill's architecture are edifying.
Ellis, though, is anything but banal, and while his biographies are edifying, they are rarely uplifting.
Darmstadt Institute, an annual new-music festival founded in 2008 by the New York composers Nick Hallett and Zach Layton, has become one of the city's most reliable sources for concerts as entertaining as they are edifying.
Which goes to show that not all lessons in ecology are edifying.
The pictures are edifying as Stump's expressionistic realism manages to capture actors in their role as the Prince of Peace without the cloying sentimentality that tends to accompany art associated with faith.
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Trump means what he says, and now his offensive ramblings against people of Muslim faith are edified in law.
We are edified by the large number of papers submitted and by their high scientific level.
This should be edifying.
The evening is edifying.
It was edifying while it lasted.
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