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Meaning of telling

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  telling
      adj 1: disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a
             telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on
             the water marked where the boat went down" [syn:
             {revealing}, {telling}, {telltale(a)}]
      2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
         presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: {cogent},
         {telling}, {weighty}]
      3: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as
         Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: {impressive}, {telling}]
      n 1: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own
           relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident
           eventually became unbearable" [syn: {relation}, {telling},
           {recounting}]
      2: informing by words [syn: {telling}, {apprisal},
         {notification}]
      3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn:
         {tattle}, {singing}, {telling}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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