present participle and gerund of tell
Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
a telling blow
Revealing information; bearing significance.
a telling smile
Serving to convince.
telling evidence
The act of narration.
The disclosure of information.
There may he sit and smile, or creep among the ships, or moan and sigh round islands in his great content—the miser lord of wealth in gems and pearls beyond the telling of all fables.
Counting, numbering.
Gerund from the verb tell, from tell + -ing.
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