telegrammaticadjective
uk/ˌtel.ɪ.ɡrəˈmæt.ɪk/us/ˌtel.ə.ɡrəˈmæt̬.ɪk/specializedTelegrammatic speech consists of sentences containing only the most important words, like the speech of very young children:
telegrammatic utterances such as "Where daddy gone?"
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- -tongued
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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