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revealingly

revealingly

1 4.2
To show a secret by what you say or do
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈviːlɪŋli/
translation icon : reveladoramente
  • The report detailed the company’s finances revealingly, exposing issues that were not apparent at first glance.
  • writes revealingly

Examples

  • The documentary explored her life revealingly, showcasing parts of her story that had previously been hidden.

  • In his more ambitious mode, though, de Vaux revealingly offers a strong thesis, according to which it is from the archaeological findings that we learn that the site was inhabited by a monastic sect leading a communal life.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Even National Review is openly and revealingly having major second thoughts about its overly enthusiastic early support.

    Blog text (12)
  • Hurricane Sandy presented Obama with a golden opportunity, at least to seem presidential, which he revealingly muffed.

    Blog text (8)
  • Most revealingly, Rand inserts herself into the book in an Alfred Hitchcock-like device.

    Blog text (34)
  • But as Peter Garber of Deutsche Bank has explained, the growth has been revealingly lopsided, resulting in some serious unintended consequences.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Thereafter, in every edition, I wrote more revealingly, trusting my readers to trust me if I veered down some unlikely trail of anecdote to illustrate a point.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Foucault tells of the "great fear" of the criminal classes in 18th century urban France; Engels, Dickens, and Mayhew all wrote revealingly about the forms of crime rampant in the cities of Victorian England.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Revealingly, the pope's hand annotates this passage verbatim, and, as will become apparent, it would become pivotal for the pope's ecclesiological agenda.

    Academic text (2007)
  • He spoke revealingly about his childhood, sharing memories that brought insight into his current behavior.

Synonyms

openly
vsrevealingly
303 1.6

To say or do things without hiding feelings

uncovers something hidden rather than only being public or frank
overtly
vsrevealingly
36 3.7

In an open and public way

exposes hidden truth instead of simply being visible to all
tellingly
vsrevealingly
5 5.6

A way that shows an important fact without saying it

makes a previously secret fact clear rather than implying it
transparently
vsrevealingly
5 3.9

In a clear way people can easily understand

makes previously hidden information clear rather than just being easy to follow

How Revealing

blatantly
58 4.8
plainly
68 1.8
revealingly
1 4.2
suggestively
  • Offensive
3 7.4
obliquely
5 6.9

Surface Forms

revealingly positive

Morphology

revealingly = revealing (transparent) = reveal + ing + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'revealing', a regular and predictable process.

Etymology

Revealingly comes from the verb reveal, which originally meant 'to take off a veil' and show what was hidden. So revealingly means 'in a way that shows something hidden'.