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Telling

Telling Meaning & Definition
Telling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Telling?

[n] disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[n] informing by words
[n] an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
[adj] producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
[adj] powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Telling: apprisal | cogent | effective | effectual | efficacious | forceful | impressive | informative | informatory | notification | recounting | relation | revealing | singing | tattle | telltale(a) | weighty

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See Also | disclosure | informing | making known | narration | notice | recital | revealing | revelation | yarn

Telling In Webster's Dictionary

\Tell"ing\, a. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. -- {Tell"ing*ly}, adv.

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