telegraphic

tele·graph·ic

adj \ˌte-lə-ˈgra-fik\

Definition of TELEGRAPHIC

1

: of or relating to the telegraph

2

: concise, terse

— tele·graph·i·cal·ly \-fi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of TELEGRAPHIC

1. <when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks>

First Known Use of TELEGRAPHIC

1794

Related to TELEGRAPHIC

Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, concise, terse, thumbnail

Antonyms: circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

Related Words: abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), short, snippety, snippy; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened; meaty, substantial; meaningful, significant; well-turned

Near Antonyms: pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous; enlarged, expanded, supplemented; embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated

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Rhymes with TELEGRAPHIC

allographic, autographic, barographic, calligraphic, cartographic, chronographic, demographic, epigraphic, epitaphic, ethnographic, geographic, holographic, homographic, hydrographic, lithographic, logographic, mammographic, monographic, orthographic, pantographic, paragraphic, phonographic, photographic, pictographic, pornographic, seismographic, stenographic, stratigraphic, topographic, typographic,