/ˈtɛli/
OriginShortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countableTelevision.
“Not much on telly tonight, as usual!”
“You're from telly!”
“[...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.”
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countableA television set.
“We've got a new flat-screen telly.”
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countableTelegraph.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countableTelephone.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countableTeleport.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countableTelecommunication.
- Canada, US, slangA hotel or motel.
“I'm staying at the telly this weekend.”
- informalInclined 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”
Formstellies(plural) · tellys(nonstandard, plural) · tele(alternative) · more telly(comparative) · most telly(superlative)
Source: Wiktionary