Revealing
[rɪ'viːlɪŋ] or [rɪ'vilɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) disclosing unintentionally; 'a telling smile'; 'a telltale panel of lights'; 'a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down' .
(adj.) showing or making known; 'her dress was scanty and revealing' .
Typist: Pearl--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reveal
Typed by Jack
Examples
- The guess came so near the truth, I could not prevent a suddenly-rising warmth in my face from revealing as much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A fish leaped secretly, revealing the light in the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As for revealing--the word is impossible between us two. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Perhaps he of whom we say the last will be angry with us; can we pacify him without revealing the disorder of his mind? Plato. The Republic.
- Bunsen in 1838 made his first experiments at Hesse in collecting the gases from various parts of the furnace, revealing their composition and showing their adaptability for various purposes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In fact, I fear, the secret will be known soon enough without my revealing it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Now, I seem to have reproached you, instead of revealing to you the state of my own mind! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Charley did as commanded, and she struck the light revealing herself to be changed in sex, brilliant in colours, and armed from top to toe. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We compress the earth into bricks, so as to remove them without revealing what they are. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Besides, the woman I had loved so fondly was now my brother's wife; so I had nothing to gain by revealing myself. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But I was looking for something more representative, and, therefore, more revealing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My friend's plans were gradually revealing themselves. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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