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Definition of telling : 1. of Tell
2. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.

Synonyms:

sex act, forceful, grievous, sexual intercourse, revealing, copulation, weighty, notice, conspicuous, devastating, relation, sexual congress, carnal knowledge, informatory, persuasion, obese, apprisal, grave, corpulent, significant, intercourse, effective, congress, persuasive, impressive, convincing, rotund, notification, heavy, satisfactory, efficacious, vocalizing, coitus, sexual relation, study at valid, informative, presentment, valid, cogent, telltale, relation back, tattle, relative, coition, effectual, important, singing

memoir, treatise, recounting, narrative, statement, diary, account, portrayal, history, anecdote, record, chronicle, journal, article, retelling, summary, table, description, report, monograph, log

logging, summarizing, accounting, narrating, portraying, describing, tabling, journalizing, stating, recording, reporting, chronicling

Usage examples:

• " There's no telling," said Mrs. Bunker. - "Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's", Laura Lee Hope.
• Thank you for telling me that. - "Mary Rose of Mifflin", Frances R. Sterrett.
• Telling you what's what. - "The Plow-Woman", Eleanor Gates.