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revelatory

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re⋅vel⋅a⋅to⋅ry

  [ri-vel-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, rev-uh-luh-]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
2. showing or disclosing an emotion, belief, quality, or the like (usually fol. by of): a poem revelatory of the author's deep, personal sorrow.
Origin:
1880–85; < L revēlāt(us) (see revelation ) + -ory 1
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rev·e·la·to·ry   (rěv'ə-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, rĭ-věl'ə-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or containing a revelation: "the distinction between Mrs. and Miss and its concomitant revelatory features" (Mario Pei).
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