- having an effect; forceful; striking: a telling retort
- that tells or reveals much
telling
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telling
adjective
- Having force and producing a striking effect.
- Revealing previously unknown information.
Related Forms:
- tell′ing·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(comparative more telling, superlative most telling)
- having force
- revealing information
- serving to convince
Verb
- Present participle of tell.
Noun
(plural tellings)
- The act of narration.
- The disclosure of information.
- (archaic) Counting, numbering.
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