tellingly

Examples

• All

• The budget cuts, tellingly, affected the school's art program the most.

• The report, tellingly, highlighted the rising inequalities in society.

• And yet, you write yourself most tellingly to great effect.

  Becoming Jane (2007)

• And I would argue that tellingly, newspapers as an industry went the opposite way.

• The web address for their articles is, tellingly, www.freemaket.org/issues.

  Academic text (2010)

• I think that in my weakened state, the alcohol had affected me more quickly and more tellingly.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Even more tellingly, they point to a fundamental gap between K-12 schools and colleges.

  Academic text (2007)

• Her biographical observations, however, are tellingly feminist in perspective.

  Academic text (2004)

• Even more tellingly, observers began to understand the Gardies' tragedy to have a racial dimension.

  Academic text (2016)

• More tellingly, a few core political values consciously underlie the substance of Measuring Up.

  Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

S

strikingly

vstellingly

25 3.9

In a very noticeable way that attracts attention

reveals important implications instead of simply drawing attention

R

revealingly

vstellingly

1 4.2

To show a secret by what you say or do

shows importance by implying wider effects or consequences

S

signally

vstellingly

• Formal

1 7.9

In a very easy to notice and important way

implies importance by revealing consequences rather than mere remarkability

I

indicatively

vstellingly

5.7

Showing something clearly with a movement like a nod

emphasizes implied importance rather than a direct clear sign

I

illuminatingly

vstellingly

6.4

In a way that makes something easier to understand

highlights important implications rather than just clarifying meaning

How Revealing

revealingly

1 4.2

tellingly

5 5.6

suggestively

• Offensive

3 7.4

subtly

48 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology