telegraphic

[ tel-i-graf-ik ]

/ ˌtɛl ɪˈgræf ɪk /

of or relating to the telegraph.

concise, clipped, or elliptical in style: telegraphic speech.

Origin of telegraphic

First recorded in 1785–95; telegraph + -ic

tel·e·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb non·tel·e·graph·ic, adjective pre·tel·e·graph·ic, adjective

Yet McMurtry writes in a telegraphic style that does in sentences what others do in pages.

Larry McMurtry on the Villainous Custer and the Myths of the West |Nick Romeo |November 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Very soon there would even be a telegraphic cable laid to the mainland.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science |Various
He flung his arms wide, and up, and wide again, in an improvised adaption of the telegraphic alphabet to gesticulation.

Invasion |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Railroad, newspaper, and telegraphic bulletin of prices are carrying everything before them.

A Century of Science and Other Essays |John Fiske

Reaching the southern bank of the Tennessee, Hood asked to be relieved, and a telegraphic order assigned me to the duty.

Destruction and Reconstruction: |Richard Taylor
It was erected in 1870–74, and is entirely devoted to telegraphic business.

Sixty Years a Queen |Sir Herbert Maxwell

telegraphic

/ (ˌtɛlɪˈɡræfɪk) /

used in or transmitted by telegraphy

of or relating to a telegraph

having a concise style; clipped telegraphic speech

telegraphically, adverb