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revelatory
adjective re·ve·la·to·ry \ˈre-və-lə-ˌtȯr-ē, ri-ˈve-lə-\
: making something known : revealing something in usually a surprising way
Full Definition of REVELATORY
: of or relating to revelation : serving to reveal something
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First Known Use of REVELATORY
1882
Related to REVELATORY
- Synonyms
- eloquent, meaning, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, expressive, significant, suggestive
- Antonyms
- unexpressive
Rhymes with REVELATORY
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory
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