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telegraphically

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a telegraphic manner; by means of the telegraph.
  • As regards telegraphic communication: as, a town telegraphically isolated.

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  • adverb In a telegraphic manner; concerning telegraphy

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a short and concise manner

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Examples

  • On March 7, 1876, the United States Patent Office granted to Bell Patent Number 174,465 covering “The method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically ... by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sounds.”

    Born on March 3 | myFiveBest 2010

  • *After the invention of the telegraph and until 1849, observations were telegraphically transmitted to the Smithsonian Institution, which prepared the weather maps.

    Weather leading up to the Civil War 2011

  • Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent the telephone, an “apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically” after experimenting with many primitive sound transmitters and receivers.

    Bell Birthday 2008

  • Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent the telephone, an “apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically” after experimenting with many primitive sound transmitters and receivers.

    Vitro Nasu » 2008 » March 2008

  • Questionable whether the grammatical error ought to be flagged as niggle-nitzing; but, her assertion's just plain wrong since, that "evocative poetry" is, in fact, a telegraphically compressed up-summing, one that contains a lovely group of allusive word-ploys, IMO.

    Two views ... Frank Wilson 2008

  • So can I again ask you to deal telegraphically with me?

    A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994

  • So can I again ask you to deal telegraphically with me?

    A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994

  • In constructing his narrative, Isegawa is deft at telegraphically downloading dense personal histories for his characters, major and minor.

    The Last Word on Evil Rush, Norman 2004

  • The journal entries were telegraphically brief: 'Weakness,' 'Snowed in,' 'Disaster,' 'Fall through the ice.'

    The Revenge of Everest Fraser, Caroline 1997

  • "And besides, viewed telegraphically, there is nothing at all romantic in the whole affair!" said Nattie, who, between her confusion at the turn the conversation had taken, and her alarm lest something should be said about that chubby Cupid -- whom it will be remembered she had suppressed in her former description to "C" -- was decidedly embarrassed.

    Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer

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