telly
/ˈtɛli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).
British usage; Colloquial; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Not much on telly tonight, as usual!"
- "You're from telly!"
- "[...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly."
- "We've got a new flat-screen telly."
- "I'm staying at the telly this weekend."
- "I think my problem with it is that it's a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […]"
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Informal
Inflected Forms
tellies (plural)
tellys (nonstandard, plural)
tele (alternative)
more telly (comparative)
most telly (superlative)