telly

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/ˈtɛli/

noun 6adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

last, little, right, usual

VERB + TELLY

film, got, like, likes, said, staying, switched, turn

TELLY + NOUN

home, it's, showy, tonight, week, weekend, you're

PREP.

from, in, off, on, on

Definitions

noun

Television.

Not much on telly tonight, as usual!

You're from telly!

A television set.

We've got a new flat-screen telly.

Telegraph.

Telephone.

Teleport.

noun

A hotel or motel.

I'm staying at the telly this weekend.

adj

Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).

I think my problem with it is that it's a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […]

There's a way to make this more showy and less telly. It's like you're in a hurry to get on with the rest of the story.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an electronic device that receives television signals and di

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Not much on telly tonight, as usual!

Wiktionary

You're from telly!

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[...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.

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I'm staying at the telly this weekend.

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I think my problem with it is that it's a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […]

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There's a way to make this more showy and less telly. It's like you're in a hurry to get on with the rest of the story.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, telly is marked as slang, informal, UK, colloquial, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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