Telegraphic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or transmitted by telegraph.
  • adj. Brief or concise: a telegraphic style of writing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, or relating to the telegraph
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having the style of a telegram with many short words left out
  • adj. of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph
  • Equivalent
    concise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brief    concise    terse   
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