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[ tel-ee ] / ˈtɛl i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR telly ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural tel·lies.British Informal.television. a television receiving set. Origin of tellyFirst recorded in 1935–40; tel(evision) + -y2 Words nearby tellytelluro-, tellurometer, tellurous, Tellus, Tell, William, telly, telo-, telocentric, telodendron, telodynamic, Teloekbetoeng Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tellyMcShera, who plays Daisy, later confides in me in New York that she calls Nicol her “telly mummy.” ‘Downton Abbey’: My Tea With Mrs. Patmore, Lesley Nicol|Jace Lacob|December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Obama held up his hand like he was pointing a remote control at the telly. Fatherly Obama’s Charm Turns Patronizing on Visit to ‘The View’|Michelle Cottle|May 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST Obviously, former pols with less to lose are going to be freer to mix it up on the telly. Good Politicians Are Bad TV|Michelle Cottle|January 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST So if they said, you know, I want to be on the telly, I would say, 'Oh boys mummy did that.' Reality TV's Tragedy|Sarah Horne|February 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I don't know if it was talking movies, the radio, the coming of Telly, or what. Frigid Fracas|Dallas McCord Reynolds And then as if that crowned the sum total of her virtues he added, "Telly an' Lissy thinks lots o' her." Uncle Terry|Charles Clark Munn Nothing was more greatly in demand than feeding the insatiable maw of the Telly fan, nothing, ultimately, became more profitable. Mercenary|Dallas McCord Reynolds Then what's the necessity of this endless succession of bloody fracases, covered to the most minute bloody detail on the Telly? Mercenary|Dallas McCord Reynolds And it's the Telly fan, the fracas-buff, who decides who the Category Military heroes are. Frigid Fracas|Dallas McCord Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for telly
noun plural -liesinformal, mainly British short for television Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tellybox, station, video, audio, tube, eye, receiver, baby-sitter, boob tube, idiot box, small screen, vid, television |