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telly

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Synonyms: tell, tally, belly, nelly, jelly, helly, felly, kelly, elly, relly, selly

Antonyms: tell, tally, belly, nelly, jelly, helly, felly, kelly, elly, relly, selly

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Noun

  1. Television.
    • Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
  2. A television set.
    • We've got a new flat-screen telly.
  3. Telegraph.
  4. Telephone.
  5. Teleport.
  6. Telecommunication.

Noun

  1. A hotel or motel.
    • I'm staying at the telly this weekend.

Adjective

  1. Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).

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