She received an unexpected telegramme from her childhood friend, bringing back a flood of memories.

His telegrammatic reply left out all the customary pleasantries.

Her telegramlike announcement, short and urgent, startled everyone in the quiet office.

Her letters read like telegramese: short, urgent fragments with verbs and nouns only.

Even in the age of email, my grandmother kept a drawer full of old telegrammes she liked to show visitors.