Didactical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
     fr. ? to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F.
     didactique. See {Docile}.]
     1. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;
        preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as,
        didactic essays. "Didactical writings." --Jer. Taylor.


        [1913 Webster]
  
              The finest didactic poem in any language.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. excessively prone to instruct, even those who do not wish
        to be instructed; -- of people. [Pejorative]
  
     Syn: didactic.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  didactical
       adj : instructive (especially excessively) [syn: {didactic}]