telegraphic

adjective

1. of or relating to the telegraph.
2. concise, clipped, or elliptical in style: telegraphic speech.

adjective

1. used in or transmitted by telegraphy
2. of or relating to a telegraph
3. having a concise style; clippedtelegraphic speech

adj.1794, originally of semaphor, etc.; from telegraph + -ic. Electric telegraph sense is from 1823.