telegraphic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the telegraph.
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concise, clipped, or elliptical in style.
telegraphic speech.
Other Word Forms
- nontelegraphic adjective
- pretelegraphic adjective
- telegraphically adverb
Etymology
Origin of telegraphic
Example Sentences
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Yeah, Winslow is a guy who writes hard-boiled crime fiction full of leggy, tough-talking dolls and guys with $70,000 watches and short, telegraphic sentences.
From Salon
As a grad student, Blackburn began trying her hand at this telegraphic style of storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times
Their motions and poses are often inscrutable, but their faces are sometimes telegraphic, contorting into open-mouthed expressions of amusement or agony as readable as the masks of comedy and tragedy.
From New York Times
It could also communicate with other instruments using telegraphic signals.
From Scientific American
Most people would have responded with a telegraphic “LOL. See you there.”
From New York Times
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