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telegraphic
[tel-i-graf-ik]
adjective
of or relating to the telegraph.
concise, clipped, or elliptical in style.
telegraphic speech.
Other 51Թ Forms
- telegraphically adverb
- nontelegraphic adjective
- pretelegraphic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of telegraphic1
Example Sentences
“I prefer the Madonna as mother, our mother, and not a woman who’s the head of a telegraphic office, who sends a message every day at a certain time,” Francis told reporters in 2017.
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.
As a grad student, Blackburn began trying her hand at this telegraphic style of storytelling.
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.
It could also communicate with other instruments using telegraphic signals.
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