telling
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telling¹
- /ˈtɛlɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛlɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of tell
adjective more telling · most telling
- Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective. a telling blow
- Revealing information; bearing significance. a telling smile
- Serving to convince. telling evidence
telling²
- /ˈtɛlɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛlɪŋ
Where it comes from
Gerund from the verb tell, from tell + -ing.
noun tellings
- The act of narration.
- The disclosure of information. There may he sit and smile, or creep among the ships, or moan and sigh round islands in his great content—the miser lord of wealth in gems and pearls beyond the telling of all fables.
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Counting, numbering.
Similar: enumeration
- Ability to determine. "One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him."
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: forceful, impressive, effective, effectual, efficacious, revealing, apprisal, cogent, notification, informative, weighty, informatory, telltale, recounting, relation, tattle
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adj revealing information; bearing significance
| Español | revelador, expresivo, indicante, hablar más de la cuenta |
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