What does edifying mean?
Edifying means That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs..
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/ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/ · adjective
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs..
Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste and Viola, her twin fools, but more obviously and more frequently by herself, until finally she is blessed with the joy of undeserved grace and love. Malvolio will not learn that his madness is everyone's madness in Illyria.
Use edifying when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Edifying means That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs..
Common synonyms include enlightening.
Possible antonyms include unedifying, unenlightening.
Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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