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Telling

//ˈtɛlɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.

    "a telling blow"

  2. 2
    Revealing information; bearing significance.

    "a telling smile"

  3. 3
    Serving to convince.

    "telling evidence"

Adjective
  1. 1
    producing a strong effect wordnet
  2. 2
    disclosing unintentionally something concealed wordnet
  3. 3
    powerfully persuasive wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of narration. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    disclosing information or giving evidence about another wordnet
  3. 3
    The disclosure of information. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    informing by words wordnet
  5. 5
    Counting, numbering. archaic, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an act of narration wordnet
  2. 7
    Ability to determine. countable, uncountable

    ""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.""

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tell form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell + -ing.

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