revealing
Britishadjective
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of significance or import
a very revealing experience
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showing or designed to show more of the body than is usual or conventional
a revealing costume
Other Word Forms
- revealingly adverb
- revealingness noun
Example Sentences
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If you opt for private sessions, there’s a misconception that it will involve revealing your innermost secrets, perhaps while lying on a couch, as a therapist prods you to beat back your demons.
From MarketWatch
But Mr. Miller’s line in the same interview that the world is “governed by power” and force is revealing.
As well as Harriet, 52, from London not revealing that she is a barrister, Amanda, 57, from Brighton, has chosen to hide being a retired police detective.
From BBC
Her lab has played a key role in revealing how selective signaling at opioid receptors can reduce pain without causing breathing suppression or tolerance.
From Science Daily
As independent journalism comes under increasing threat worldwide, a trio of Oscar-shortlisted documentaries offer revealing perspectives on risk-taking reportage that challenges institutional power with hard and often shocking facts.
From Los Angeles Times
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