revelatory

[ri-vel-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, rev-uh-luh-]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.

2. showing or disclosing an emotion, belief, quality, or the like (usually followed byof ).

   a poem revelatory of the author's deep, personal sorrow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of revelatory¹

1880–85; < Latin revēlāt ( us ) ( revelation ) + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The two published volumes of Birkin’s own diaries provide some of the most revelatory insights.

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Sunderland's return to the Premier League has rekindled memories of a revelatory television series documenting the club's turbulent 1996-97 campaign.

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The footage shows McCartney retreating to Scotland with his family and offers what Huntsinger describes as a revelatory glimpse at a less-mythologized moment.

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But, actually, through their fatigue comes something revelatory.

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“I just want it to be real,” she assures me, when I ask if anything feels too personal, too revelatory.

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