Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a telling manner; so as to be effective; effectively.
Wiktionary
- adv. in a telling manner; convincingly
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a telling manner
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.””
“Most tellingly is the precarious position of the greens.”
“The concept of laughter is similarly and thus tellingly expressed in many branches of the Indo-European language family.”
“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.”
“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.”
The Guardian: Rewind radio: Jagger's Jukebox; Keith Richards at Home; Johnnie Walker With the Kinks
“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
““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”
“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”
“This time, tellingly, they made no attempt to conceal that they had been there together.”
“But he offered no new initiatives and, tellingly, did not repeat earlier calls – for which he has come under fire – for negotiations to be based on the borders at the time of the 1967 war, with agreed land swaps.”
The Guardian: Palestinians ready to put statehood on backburner in favour of peace talks
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