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}, {notifying}, {notification}]
3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[syn: {tattle}, {singing}]