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telegramlike

telegramlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a telegram.

Adjective

telegramlike (comparative more telegramlike, superlative most telegramlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a telegram.
    • The Secretary of Defense was a taciturn man, given to telegramlike statements.1989, Clive Cussler, Deep Six

Forms of telegramlike

comparativemore telegramlike
superlativemost telegramlike

Origin of telegramlike

From telegram + -like.

Questions about telegramlike

What does telegramlike mean?
Telegramlike means resembling or characteristic of a telegram.
What part of speech is telegramlike?
Telegramlike is an adjective.

Words near telegramlike in the dictionary

  1. Telegonus
  2. telegony
  3. telegram
  4. telegramese
  5. Telegramgate
  6. telegramlike
  7. telegrammatic
  8. telegrammatically
  9. telegramme
  10. telegrammed
  11. telegrammes

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