adj. brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph
adj. having only the essential information; brief; concise; terse; -- of communications, by analogy with the style of telegrams, which are short to avoid unnecessary expense.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made by a telegraph: used in telegraphing: as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art.
Communicated or transmitted by a telegraph: as, telegraphic intelligence.
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adj. having the style of a telegram with many short words left out
adj. of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph
Word Usage
"The town is in telegraphic communication with the rest of the Republic."