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revelatory
[ ri-vel-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, rev-uh-luh- ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- showing or disclosing an emotion, belief, quality, or the like (usually followed by of ):
a poem revelatory of the author's deep, personal sorrow.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of revelatory1
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Example Sentences
The first, while entertaining, is the less revelatory of the two.
When I read the story I thought it was revelatory and completely the opposite of what I thought the script to be.
We went through his rap sheet in an attempt to find the line between revelatory civil disobedience and complete nonsense.
I wanted the reader to care about what happened next, to worry and hope, and I wanted the suspense to feel revelatory, rewarding.
The “favorite moments” section was cute, if not all that revelatory.
In mounting excitement, he read the coldly beautiful, the terrible and revelatory poem through to the end.
Only if the people are of the simplest and most self-revelatory kind.
A similar difference exists between the august Truth of tragedy and the less revelatory truthfulness of melodrama.
Divers revelatory incidents were arranged to eventuate on the limited train.
These are full of variety and of actual novelty, now of startling discord, now of revelatory beauty.
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