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tellingly

adv

Etymology

From telling + -ly.

  1. derived from *dol-✻ — “calculation, fraud”
  2. derived from *talą✻
  3. inherited from *taljaną✻
  4. inherited from *talljan✻
  5. inherited from tellan — “to count, tell”
  6. inherited from tellen — “to count, tell”
  7. suffixed as telling — “tell + ing”
  8. formed as tellingly — “telling + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a telling manner.

    • It demanded taxes, which in a cashless society meant grain, cattle and, most tellingly, labor.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA