Adverb
By means of telegraphy.
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The police transmitted a description of the suspect telegraphically.
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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.
In the concise style of a telegraph.
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Her son's letters were always telegraphically brief and to the point.
Adverb
in a short and concise manner
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a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds