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most telling

ADJECTIVE

effective, significant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cogent conspicuous convincing decisive devastating forceful powerful satisfying striking trenchant

STRONG

marked operative solid sound

WEAK

considerable crucial effectual forcible important impressive influential potent satisfactory valid weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotent ineffective weak

STRONG

incomplete

WEAK

insignificant secondary unimportant

Example Sentences

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The piece’s most telling detail is its failure to read the room.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

“The duration of the conflict is going to be the most telling in terms of how much of an impact it has,” ADB’s Albert Park told The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The numbers that were perhaps most telling though were on the Twickenham decibel meter, showing the love for a team that has not always felt it.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

But the Casey Means fact that most sticks in my mind—and I think the one most telling of where I fear she wants to shepherd Americans, health-wise—was on The Liz Moody Podcast in 2022.

From Slate • May 10, 2025

Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez