tellingとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

telling

1. present participle of tell

形容詞

telling (comparative more telling, superlative most telling)

2. Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.

   a telling blow

4. Revealing information; bearing significance.

   a telling smile

   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.

6. Serving to convince.

   telling evidence

派生語

• tellingly
• tellingness

語源 2

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell +‎ -ing.

名詞

telling (複数形 tellings)

1. The act of narration.
2. The disclosure of information.
3. (archaic) Counting, numbering.
4. (chiefly in the negative) Ability to determine.
   • 1922, Chisholm, A[rthur] M[urray], A Thousand a Plate:

     "One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him."

同意語

• (counting, numbering): enumeration; see also Thesaurus:counting

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