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STENOGRAPHIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stenographic mean?
• STENOGRAPHIC (adjective)
The adjective STENOGRAPHIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or employing stenography
Familiarity information: STENOGRAPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or employing stenography
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
stenographic; stenographical
Pertainym:
stenography (a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system)
Derivation:
stenography (the act or art of writing in shorthand)
Context examples
He and I sometimes write letters in shorthand, and he is keeping a stenographic journal of his travels abroad.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I have tamed that savage stenographic mystery.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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