as in TV
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
my mum has had the same telly since I was but a lad
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Recent Examples of telly
Grab a cup of tea and settle down for the finest telly Britain has to offer.
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Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
How can anyone who has ever seen Tamra on their telly not know the answer to that?
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, there’s a freshness in the air, a Meg Ryan movie on the telly, and sales of pumpkin spice lattes are about to spike.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
Long rumored to be a frontrunner for one of the biggest jobs in British telly, the soon-to-be-former Sky content boss will take the reins of a behemoth that makes the likes of Planet Earth, Dragons’ Den, EastEnders and, yes that name one more time, Strictly.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 July 2024
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Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
How can anyone who has ever seen Tamra on their telly not know the answer to that?
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, there’s a freshness in the air, a Meg Ryan movie on the telly, and sales of pumpkin spice lattes are about to spike.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
Long rumored to be a frontrunner for one of the biggest jobs in British telly, the soon-to-be-former Sky content boss will take the reins of a behemoth that makes the likes of Planet Earth, Dragons’ Den, EastEnders and, yes that name one more time, Strictly.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telly
Noun
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Plus, World Soccer Ticket includes access to more than 100 streaming channels within the channel guide, with channels such as NBC Sports Now, Fox Sports, Real Madrid TV, Telemundo Al Dia, Today All Day and Sky News.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Yet this infectious look into the masterful brain of the single mom and former police department cleaning woman — who earned her job as an LAPD crime consultant — propelled the freshman series into one of broadcast TV's few bright spots.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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So the advertising model may be dying, but late-night television is the opposite.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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State-run television said on Monday that the elections will take place over three separate days, with the first scheduled for December 28.—
Michael Sullivan,
NPR,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Telly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telly. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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