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

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