revealingly
- adverb
- /rɪˈviːlɪŋli/
- The report detailed the company’s finances revealingly, exposing issues that were not apparent at first glance.
- writes revealingly
Examples
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The documentary explored her life revealingly, showcasing parts of her story that had previously been hidden.
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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
To say or do things without hiding feelings
In an open and public way
A way that shows an important fact without saying it
In a clear way people can easily understand
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.