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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The first tracks how quickly an excitation moves through the atomic chain, revealing details through propagation dynamics.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
There is an element where the comparison becomes most revealing.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
“My best work yet, I am absolutely overflowing with love and gratitude and disbelief,” Hewitt wrote in her post, revealing that her daughter arrived on Dec. 12.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Inexorably, Mr. McCarthy drives toward the view that what ails American men is the macho belief that men should always have their guard up, never complaining or revealing what’s going on inside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The panel lit up green around his palm and the door slid open, revealing a large, well-lit walkway.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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