telegraphically
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From telegraphic + -ally.
Adverb
[edit]telegraphically (comparative more telegraphically, superlative most telegraphically)
- By means of telegraphy.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 138:
- To and fro during the festivities complimentary and congratulatory messages kept going and coming, and from the entire telegraphically-connected parts of the globe messages flowed in at either end, expressing the joy of the civilized world that the belt of electrical communication was complete.
- The police transmitted a description of the suspect telegraphically.
- In the concise style of a telegraph.
- Her son's letters were always telegraphically brief and to the point.