telegraphic

English

Etymology

From telegraph +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

telegraphic (comparative more telegraphic, superlative most telegraphic)

1. 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.

2. 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.

Derived terms

• telegraphically

Translations

of, or relating to the telegraph

• Arabic: بَرْقِيّ (barqiyy)
• Armenian: հեռագրական (hy) (heṙagrakan), հեռագրային (hy) (heṙagrayin)
• Catalan: telegràfic
• Czech: telegrafní
• French: télégraphique (fr)
• Galician: telegráfico
• German: telegraphisch (de), telegrafisch (de)
• Italian: telegrafico (it)
• Polish: telegraficzny (pl)
• Portuguese: telegráfico
• Russian: телегра́фный (ru) (telegráfnyj)
• Spanish: telegráfico (es)
• Ukrainian: телегра́фний (telehráfnyj)

brief or concise, resembling a telegram

• Catalan: telegràfic
• Galician: telegráfico
• German: im Telegrammstil
• Polish: telegraficzny (pl)
• Portuguese: telegráfico
• Spanish: telegráfico (es)