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
Turn on your favourite telly: Saturday Night Live is streaming.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
Take a look at what to expect from British telly in 2026.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Fans will switch the telly on or get to a stadium to watch her.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
That's a lot of change for a gogglebox, but is a fraction of the ticket price for the company's 110-inch MicroLED telly.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
Take a look at what to expect from British telly in 2026.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Fans will switch the telly on or get to a stadium to watch her.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
That's a lot of change for a gogglebox, but is a fraction of the ticket price for the company's 110-inch MicroLED telly.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for telly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telly
Noun
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The Baltimore Sun management and editorial board members discussed how the newspaper works to provide differing yet independent perspectives in both their editorials and reporting during a town hall broadcast Monday evening on Fox 45 (WBFF-TV).—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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On April 16, the TV Academy in North Hollywood was packed to the gills for a screening of the season two finale — which looked particularly stunning on a big screen — followed by an impressive Q&A and reception with Thornton, Larter, Elliott, Moore, Randolph, Lofland and Chávez.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Nataliia was watching a romance film on television.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Most people live lives whose day-to-day features aren’t exactly gripping viewing and whose trajectories are difficult to squeeze into the structures and strictures of serialized television.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Telly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telly. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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