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telling

[tel-ing] / ˈtɛl ɪŋ /
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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Paltrow has often been ahead of the curve on now-popular practices like intermittent fasting and oil pulling—even, in her telling, yoga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And from around 2007, England's criminal justice agencies should have started to realise he was telling the truth.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Per the BBC, oil and gas tanker companies aren’t rushing to run through the strait, telling the broadcaster that the news “doesn’t change anything.”

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

It would simply be a copy, made to make money instead of telling a story.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Okay, she had been telling me about a crush.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith