telling (
http://definr.com/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,
telltale(a)]
2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn:
cogent,
weighty]
3: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance
as Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn:
impressive]
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,
recounting]
2: informing by words [syn:
apprisal,
notification]
3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[syn:
tattle,
singing]