tutorial

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: tu=to=ri=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

tutorial, a. [L. tutorius.].

 Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.  [1913 Webster]

tutorial, n. 

•  A class{6} or short series of classes in which one or more instructors provide intensive instruction on some subject to a small group. Such short courses of instruction may be held at an institution of learning, or in any other place where a small group may desire a brief but thorough introduction to a topic.  [PJC]
•  A set of instructions on how to use a particular computer program, built into the software package itself, displayed on the computer screen, and organized in a stepwise manner so as to familiarize a new user with all of or the most important features of the program.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tutorial, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to a tutor or tuition.
--n. a period of individual tuition given by a tutor.

Derivative

tutorially adv.

Etymology

L tutorius (as TUTOR)

THESAURUS

tutorial

academic, donnish, pedagogic, pedantic, preceptorial, professorial, professorlike, schoolmastering, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike, schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy, schoolteacherish, schoolteachery, teacherish, teacherlike, teachery, teachy