telephonic

[tel-uh-fon-ik] /ˌtɛl əˈfɒn ɪk/

adjective

of, pertaining to, or happening by means of a telephone system.

carrying sound to a distance by artificial means.

Origin

1825-35; tele-¹ + -phone + -ic

Related forms

telephonically, adverb

nontelephonic, adjective

nontelephonically, adverb

pretelephonic, adjective

Examples from the web for telephonic

But the big increases are in the time taken by the various board committees and by telephonic meetings between formal boards.
To begin with, the courts see a difference between telephonic and virtual communication.
First the program ordered the volume on the computer's speakers turned off, to prevent the usual telephonic sounds a modem makes.
telephonic and telegraphic communications were severed.
Perhaps something truly dreadful will happen unless timely telephonic communication averts it.
They are so large that they almost need special telephonic communication.
It was a glimpse of the past for me and, by the way, a place without telephonic connection to the outside world.

Word Origin and History for telephonic

adj.

1834, in reference to a system of signaling by musical sounds, from tele- + phonic.