telly.
Television.
Meaning & usage
Television.
Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
A television set.
We've got a new flat-screen telly.
Telegraph.
Telephone.
Teleport.
Telecommunication.
Where this word comes from
Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
A hotel or motel.
I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
Where this word comes from
Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.
Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).
Where this word comes from
From tell + -y, related to the writing advice show, don't tell.
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