telly
SubstantivSubstantivAdjektivhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈtɛli//
Television.
Substantiv
- 1
Television.
Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
You're from telly!
[...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.
- 2
A television set.
We've got a new flat-screen telly.
- 3
Telegraph.
- 4
Telephone.
- 5
Teleport.
- 6
Telecommunication.
Herkunft
Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA hotel or motel.
I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
Herkunft
Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.
Adjektiv
- 1
umgangssprachlichInclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative).
I think my problem with it is that it's a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […]
There's a way to make this more showy and less telly. It's like you're in a hurry to get on with the rest of the story.
story is too, too telly; need at least 3 showy scenes to improve showing:telling ratio
Six of Crows is very telly and little showy. You are constantly getting info dumps and mini-flashbacks to the characters past.
Herkunft
From tell + -y, related to the writing advice show, don't tell.
Formen
- Plural
- tellies, tellys
- Komparativ
- more telly
- Superlativ
- most telly