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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
telling/ˈtelɪŋ/

▶adjective having a striking or revealing effect; significant.

– derivatives
tellingly adverb.

'telling' also found in these Oxford entries:

cartomancy - confidence - fortune-teller - horologe - lie detector - lying - narrative - o'clock - perjury - relation - son et lumière - stand-up - tale - tarot - tell - telling-off - to - truthful

Forum discussions with the word(s) "telling" in the title:

(this time VS that time) when writing/telling a story
"I'm a-telling you"
a-telling
a-telling, a-coming
An obvious lie vs "...obviously telling a lie."
But it is no use us telling you about the paper
by telling her the truth I didn't/word order/commas
claimed to be telling [gerund] / (that) he was telling
compound nouns - hard truth-telling or telling hard truths?
Correct way of telling
didn't know how to go about telling
for who knows/God only knows/no telling how many years
Gerund or infinitive - telling or tell?
got told off and telling-off
Have told / have been telling
he tells him / he is telling him
I heard him telling people that secret
I heard him telling the story?
I went to find out if she was telling me the truth
I would like to believe this is a story I'm telling. I need to believe it. I must believe it... It isn't a story I'm telling
I'm not telling you.
I'm telling you this
I'm telling you this
If the police weren't satisfied that the witnesses are telling the truth,
If you notice that telling a lie has much to do with the development
Is "My teacher always/is always telling..." correct.
Isn't telling / didn't tell
it is me telling
make a telling point
more telling is ....
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