Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a telling manner; so as to be effective; effectively.

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  • adverb In a telling manner; convincingly.

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  • adverb in a telling manner

Etymologies

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telling +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The Pact goes on: “Against all the relative forms of anarchy we struggle without mercy”—a phrase tellingly echoed in Alpha Galates’s declaration inVaincre that, as synarchists, they are “opposed to anarchy in all its forms.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • The Pact goes on: “Against all the relative forms of anarchy we struggle without mercy”—a phrase tellingly echoed in Alpha Galates’s declaration inVaincre that, as synarchists, they are “opposed to anarchy in all its forms.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • The Pact goes on: “Against all the relative forms of anarchy we struggle without mercy”—a phrase tellingly echoed in Alpha Galates’s declaration inVaincre that, as synarchists, they are “opposed to anarchy in all its forms.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • Most tellingly is the precarious position of the greens.

    The latest poll Jeff 2007

  • The concept of laughter is similarly and thus tellingly expressed in many branches of the Indo-European language family.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The concept of laughter is similarly and thus tellingly expressed in many branches of the Indo-European language family.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Most tellingly, in the decades after the Revolution, a raft of medical literature appeared that counseled against all forms of nonmarital—and even many forms of marital—sex.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • In the show, Jagger chose to concentrate on the making of the Stones album Exile on Main Street, though tellingly he dwelt not on the industrial quantities of heroin that Richards had shipped into his French Riviera villa, but more on the eclectic range of musical influence that shaped his own songwriting intelligence.

    Rewind radio: Jagger's Jukebox; Keith Richards at Home; Johnnie Walker With the Kinks 2011

  • When you preach equality/diversity but live like a racist, you are being tellingly inconsistent with your words and actions.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010

  • “Perhaps even more tellingly, HRW has not published any report on the postelection violence and repression in Iran more than six months after theevent.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Nazi Scandal Engulfs Human Rights Watch” 2010

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