telling (n.)
- absolute
- accounting
- acid
- announcement
- census
- charming
- conveyance
- corrosive
- counting
- cutting
- determinative
- disclosure
- documentary
- driving
- dynamic
- electric
- enumeration
- extraordinary
- final
- foliation
- giving
- hearsay
- impartation
- imparting
- imperative
- indicative
- inflammatory
- inventorying
- material
- measurement
- mighty
- mordant
- narration
- narrative
- noble
- notable
- notification
- numbering
- numeration
- operative
- pagination
- presumptive
- publication
- quantification
- quantization
- rare
- recital
- recounting
- rehearsal
- relation
- retelling
- review
- ruling
- salient
- sharing
- signal
- solid
- sound
- special
- stirring
- striking
- strong
- sure
- transfer
- transference
- transmission
- transmittal
- valid
- vital
- winning
telling (adj.)
- absolute
- acid
- admissible
- agitating
- authentic
- authoritative
- biting
- breathtaking
- celebrated
- certain
- charged
- charismatic
- charming
- circumstantial
- cliff-hanging
- cogent
- conclusive
- consequential
- considerable
- conspicuous
- convincing
- corrosive
- cumulative
- cutting
- damning
- decisive
- determinative
- disquieting
- distinguished
- disturbing
- documentary
- documented
- driving
- dynamic
- effective
- effectual
- efficacious
- electric
- eminent
- enchanting
- energetic
- esteemed
- estimable
- evidential
- evidentiary
- exceptional
- exciting
- exhilarating
- extraordinary
- factual
- final
- firsthand
- forceful
- forcible
- galvanic
- giving
- gutsy
- heady
- hearsay
- high-powered
- high-pressure
- high-tension
- imperative
- implicit
- important
- impressive
- incisive
- incontrovertible
- indicative
- indisputable
- inflammatory
- influential
- intoxicating
- irrefutable
- irresistible
- jarring
- jolting
- maddening
- magnetic
- marked
- material
- memorable
- mighty
- mind-blowing
- momentous
- mordant
- moving
- narrative
- nervous
- noble
- notable
- noteworthy
- operative
- outstanding
- overpowering
- overwhelming
- penetrating
- personable
- persuasive
- perturbing
- piercing
- piquant
- poignant
- potent
- powerful
- prestigious
- presumptive
- probative
- prominent
- provocative
- provoking
- puissant
- rare
- ravishing
- reliable
- remarkable
- reputable
- ruling
- salient
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- sensational
- sharing
- signal
- significant
- sinewy
- slashing
- solid
- soul-stirring
- sound
- special
- stimulating
- stimulative
- stirring
- striking
- strong
- suasive
- substantial
- suggestive
- sure
- suspenseful
- suspensive
- symptomatic
- tantalizing
- thrilling
- trenchant
- troubling
- unforgettable
- upsetting
- valid
- vigorous
- vital
- weighty
- winning
