adv
Meaning 1
By means of telegraphy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The police transmitted a description of the suspect telegraphically.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
telegraphically
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adv
Meaning 2
In the concise style of a telegraph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Her son's letters were always telegraphically brief and to the point.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a short and concise manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tersely
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telegraphic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English telegraphically From telegraphic + -ally.