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Telegraphic adj.

Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

Having only the essential information; brief; concise; terse; of communications, by analogy with the style of telegrams, which are short to avoid unnecessary expense. Note: a telegraphic communication should have enough information to allow comprehension of the content, though it may leave out normally included words. If so much is left out that the communication becomes difficult or impossible to understand, it may be called cryptic. "Sighted sub. Sank same." is a telegraphic message.

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... interests, my sympathies, my affections have been bound up with yours; for, during and since the cruel outrages of the summer of 1856, my two and only brothers have stood shoulder to shoulder with the freedom-loving, freedom-voting, freedom-fighting men of Kansas. And, as I have waited the telegraphic word that trembled along the western wires, telling of your successes and your defeats, it has ever been with bated breath lest those of my own home circle, too, should be numbered among the slain. Therefore, though not here in person through all these trial years, in ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

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— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

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— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

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— Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute • Theo. F. Rodenbough

... till last night been urging Austria to show willingness to continue discussions, and telegraphic and telephonic communications from Vienna had been of a promising nature, but Russia's mobilization had ...

— The Evidence in the Case • James M. Beck

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