telephonic

[tel-uh-fon-ik]

of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.

carrying sound to a distance by artificial means.

Origin of telephonic

First recorded in 1825–35; tele-¹ + -phone + -ic

Related formstel·e·phon·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·tel·e·phon·ic, adjectivenon·tel·e·phon·i·cal·ly, adverbpre·tel·e·phon·ic, adjective

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His opinions on any subject had never been telephonically or otherwise demanded by the editors of up-to-date dailies.
Mr. Prohack
E. Arnold Bennett
In tones more than telephonically agonised he bade me not make a jest of his misery.
Simon the Jester
William J. Locke

Word Origin and History for telephonically

adj.

1834, in reference to a system of signaling by musical sounds, from tele- + phonic.