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telegraphically

telegraphically adverb: by means of telegraphy.

Adverb

telegraphically (comparative more telegraphically, superlative most telegraphically)

  1. By means of telegraphy.
    • The police transmitted a description of the suspect telegraphically.
    • To and fro during the festivities complimentary and congratulatory messages kept going and coming, and from the entire telegraphically-connected parts of the globe messages flowed in at either end, expressing the joy of the civilized world that the belt of electrical communication was complete.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 138
  2. In the concise style of a telegraph.
    • Her son's letters were always telegraphically brief and to the point.

Forms of telegraphically

comparativemore telegraphically
superlativemost telegraphically

Origin of telegraphically

From telegraphic + -ally.

Words formed from telegraphically

Questions about telegraphically

What does telegraphically mean?
Telegraphically means by means of telegraphy.
What part of speech is telegraphically?
Telegraphically is an adverb.

Words near telegraphically in the dictionary

  1. telegrapher's paralysis
  2. telegraphers
  3. telegraphese
  4. telegraphic
  5. telegraphical
  6. telegraphically
  7. telegraphies
  8. telegraphing
  9. telegraphings
  10. telegraphist
  11. telegraphists

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