telling
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of TELLING
[more telling; most telling]
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producing a strong or important effect
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Her experience is/provides a telling example of why the nation's educational system needs to be changed.
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The most telling moment in the case was when the victim took the stand.
2
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giving information about someone or something without intending to
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Her response to the question was very telling. [=it showed how she really felt; it revealed something about her character]
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a telling comment/remark
— tellingly
adverb-
Tellingly, she chose not to reply.
