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What we can be certain of is even a very tall Telerian Prince is only about the same height as the tallest of the Noldor women. This does indicate quite more than a couple of inches difference.
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But maybe there is room in: the Lady no less tall than the Lord. The general meaning could be that even 'Silver-tall' does not tower over Nerwende Artanis, because she herself is the tallest of Elf women. They are both tall, if not exactly the same height; although I suppose one could also press 'no less' to mean exactly that.
If there is some room we might have an average of 6:2 compared to a Celeborn standing at 6:5 or even 6:6... and so the Teler with the 'tall name' could be as much as four inches taller than the average Teler, if only equal to the average Noldo.
The reason I don't go to 6 feet is because 'somewhat less' for the Teleri would then be a half foot less that the average Elda of 6:6, which seems too much to me for somewhat less, and way too much for the 7 foot idea.
Even 6:2 seems notably less than 6:6 (plus taller for Kings and leaders) to me, but if Celeborn Silver-tall is 6:4 then we have to decrease the average Teler even more.
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This is possible, there is no reason to go as low as 6ft, but is being just a couple of inches taller than the norm enough to be given the name praising your height? I would say no.
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Well, his relative tallness would still be distinguishing (like his silver hair), so maybe... yes
Just had a thought. Isn't the tallest of all Eru's children, Elwe, a Teler? An exception I guess.