televisionish

televisionish

English

Etymology

television +‎ -ish

Adjective

televisionish (comparative more televisionish, superlative most televisionish)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of television or a television show.
   • 1985, Newsweek, Volume 106, Issues 10-18, page 88:

     His straightforward, somewhat televisionish script benefits from the clean, classical directorial style of Czech-born, British-bred Karel Reisz ("The French Lieutenant's Woman").

   • 2009, Jerome Baker, “The Thin Man's Disappearing Act”, The Collected Short Stories of Jerome Baker, Xlibris, →ISBN (hardcover), →ISBN (softcover), 149:

     A shop that wasn't here before, an old Chinaman in a shop of oriental oddities—this is too televisionish to be true!

   • 2009, Brian D'Amato, In the Courts of the Sun, Dutton (2009), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     There was televisionish sound coming from a bright but deserted-looking break room, and I went in.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:televisionish.