"telegraphic" in the adjective sense
1. telegraphic
of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph
"a telegraphic machine"
"telegraphic news reports"
2. telegraphic
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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