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US
/ɹɪˈvɛɫəˌtɔɹi/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɛvɪlətəɹˌi/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛvɪlətəɹˌi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly
actions indicative of fear - prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
How To Use revelatory In A Sentence
- Interviewer Ryan Tubridy sought the advice of Jon Snow ahead of the interview but was warned it would be difficult to extract anything 'revelatory' out of Tony Blair. Tony Blair interview greeted by Iraq war protesters and Jedward fans
- Kevin Drum relays without comment a letter from a conservative defending torture, an exercise in intellectual and moral contortionism that is revelatory, I think. 12/18/2007
- Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most trans formative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared. J. K. Rowling
- Mangold offers a series of cutaways in a revelatory montage near the end in attempts to justify what we've seen up to that point.
- With each peal the bulb's light was becoming more revelatory. THE HELLBOUND HEART
- Most mediums are women, many of whom become mediums after a crisis or revelatory experience.
- Since M.F.K. Fisher was only selectively self-revelatory, we'll never be sure. The Romantical She
- Michel Bouquet delivers a revelatory, award-worthy performance as the amiable and mysterious French president.
- The Incarnation of God in Jesus Christ is ‘the central revelatory act of God’. Jesus is without original sin and Mary is rightly called Theotokos.
- This is a fascinating story, revelatory of the ways of Washington and one of Washington's major players.