OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21194

telling

/ˈtɛlɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expresivo • hablar más de la cuenta • indicante • revelador
Revealing information; bearing significance.
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…
a telling smile