单词 | telegrammic |
释义 | > as lemmasteleˈgrammic teleˈgrammic adj. characteristic of a telegram, esp. concise, condensed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > elliptical ecliptical1583 ellipsed1607 elliptical1778 telegraphic1848 telegrammic1858 telegraphese1927 1858 Glasgow Herald 9 Apr. 7/2 It is performed with electric rapidity, and with more than telegrammic precision. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. ix. 237 The letter was telegramic on the essential point. 1969 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philo. 68 350 Stifter seemed at times too long-winded and then startlingly clipped and telegrammic. 2011 G. M. Cummins Mahler Re-Composed iii. 138 It was Mahler who got Klemperer his first major conducting job with a telegram to Hamburg, in his usual telegrammic style. < as lemmas |
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