Definition of telling

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Telling (a.) Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech..

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Narrative :: Narrative (a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous..
Narration :: Narration (n.) The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.
Ariolation :: Ariolation (n.) A soothsaying; a foretelling.
Recital :: Recital (n.) A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration..
Talebearing :: Talebearing (a.) Telling tales officiously.
Gossip :: Gossip (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler..
Augury :: Augury (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination..
Gypsy :: Gypsy (n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany..
Astrology :: Astrology (n.) In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects..
Story-writer :: Story-telling (n.) The act or practice of telling stories.
Prognostic :: Prognostic (a.) That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction..
Chirography :: Chirography (n.) The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.
Veridical :: Veridical (a.) Truth-telling; truthful; veracious.
Mistelling :: Mistelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistel.
Predictive :: Predictive (a.) Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.
Soothsaying :: Soothsaying (n.) The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.
Foretelling :: Foretelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foretel.
Relation :: Relation (n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events..
Metopomancy :: Metopomancy (n.) Fortune telling by physiognomy.
Telltale :: Telltale (a.) Telling tales; babbling.
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