telegraphic

English

Etymology

telegraph +‎ -ic

Adjective

telegraphic (comparative more telegraphic, superlative most telegraphic)

  1. Of, or relating to the telegraph.
    • 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 182:
      It turned out to be no more than the weekly Reuter’s telegram sent as an ordinary letter from the nearest telegraphic office fifty miles away.
  2. Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.

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