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Synonyms & Antonyms of telegraphic
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
- when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks
Synonyms for telegraphic
- aphoristic,
- apothegmatic,
- brief,
- capsule,
- compact,
- compendious,
- concise,
- crisp,
- curt,
- elliptical
- (or elliptic),
- epigrammatic,
- laconic,
- monosyllabic,
- pithy,
- sententious,
- succinct,
- summary,
- terse,
- thumbnail
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The first known use of telegraphic was in 1794
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