telegraphic
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[edit]telegraphic (comparative more telegraphic, superlative most telegraphic)
- Of, or relating to the telegraph.
- 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 182:
- It turned out to be no more than the weekly Reuter’s telegram sent as an ordinary letter from the nearest telegraphic office fifty miles away.
- Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.
- 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 8:
- Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style. “Weeds grow like house afire. Can’t keep even with ’em. Shall press you in. Better be careful.”
- 2021, David Golinkin, “What is the Origin and History of the Bar Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Anat Helman, editor, No Small Matter: Features of Jewish Childhood:
- This section is based on […] I am presenting the facts in a telegraphic fashion; for the sources, discussion and disagreements see the five scholars I listed.
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[edit]of, or relating to the telegraph
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brief or concise, resembling a telegram
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