Definition of revelatory
: of or relating to revelation : serving to reveal something
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Examples of revelatory in a Sentence
ended his tall tale with a revelatory wink that indicated that it had all been an elaborate put-on
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The contrast of that last matchup was particularly revelatory.
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Cardi's social media presence is alternately goofy, gracious and revelatory, with recent posts thanking everyone from the New York Times to her high school best friend.
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Emmie is played with convincing passion by Charis Michelle Gullage, who has several key revelatory moments near the end.
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And there's a revelatory plot twist in the second act that one doesn't see coming.
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And the subtle anti-Semitism of blaming slavery on the Jews was revelatory.
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Pick an adjective — outrageous, extravagant, tasteless, tedious, revelatory, disrespectful — and any one of them applies.
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Such roundness seems revelatory when applied to black women, unveiling an emotional realm that the world conspires to hide.
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The first reveal of an older Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook, one of the most revelatory performances of the year), gazing at a portrait of his long-dead girlfriend Laura Palmer.
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First Known Use of revelatory
1882
revelatory Synonyms
Synonyms
eloquent, expressive, meaning, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, significant, suggestive;
Antonyms
REVELATORY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of revelatory for English Language Learners
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: making something known : revealing something in usually a surprising way
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