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telegraphic

te·leg·rap·hic

uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph

  • “a telegraphic machine”
  • “telegraphic news reports”
2.

having the style of a telegram with many short words left out

  • “telegraphic economy of words”
  • “the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics”
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Origin

From telegraph + -ic.

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