telling

Plural: tellings

Noun

• an act of narration
• informing by words
• disclosing information or giving evidence about another
• The act of narration.
• The disclosure of information.
• Counting, numbering.
• Ability to determine.

Verb

• express in words
• let something be known
• narrate or give a detailed account of
• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• discern or comprehend
• inform positively and with certainty and confidence
• give evidence
  • "he was telling on all his former colleague"
• mark as different
• present participle and gerund of tell

Adjective Satellite

• disclosing unintentionally
  • "a telling smile"
• powerfully persuasive
  • "a telling presentation"
• producing a strong effect
  • "a telling gesture"

Adj

• Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
• Revealing information; bearing significance.
• Serving to convince.

Examples

• a telling blow
• a telling smile
• telling evidence

Synonyms

apprisal, assure, cogent, differentiate, distinguish, enjoin, evidence, impressive, narrate, notification, order, recite, recount, recounting, relation, revealing, say, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, singing, state, tattle, tell, tell apart, telltale, weighty, counting, enumeration

Anagrams of telling