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Definition of "telephonic" [tel•e•phon•ic]

  • Of or relating to telephones. (adjective)
  • Transmitted or conveyed by telephone. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "telephonic" in a sentence
  • "Look at Giuliani's performance at a hastily called telephonic press conference to attack Daniel Kurtzer, a highly respected former United States Ambassador to both Egypt (appointed by Bill Clinton) and Israel (appointed by George W. Bush), who visited Syria as a member of an American Bar Association delegation."
  • "In the room where we sat was a kind of telephonic tube, through which, at intervals, a voice spoke to me."
  • "Ooo and to Lisa - well done on taking that job as I remember talking to a 'telephonic' nurse many years ago [I'd never heard of such a thing before] It was a great relief at the time, a simply marvelous vocation."