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TELEGRAPHIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

concise (expressing much in few words)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph

Example:

telegraphic news reports

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

telegraph (apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code))

Derivation:

telegraph (apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code))

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