Telling - Definition

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]