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telly

noun
/ˈtɛli/

Etymology

From tell + -y, related to the writing advice show, don't tell.

  1. borrowed from télévision
  2. formed as telly — “television + -y”

Definitions

  1. Television.

    • Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
    • You're from telly!
    • [...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.

  2. A television set.

    • We've got a new flat-screen telly.

  3. Telegraph.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Telephone.

    2. Teleport.

    3. Telecommunication.

    4. A hotel or motel.

      • I'm staying at the telly this weekend.

    5. Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an…

      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.
      • story is too, too telly; need at least 3 showy scenes to improve showing:telling ratio

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Derived

telly tennis

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for telly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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