Meaning

(informal, rare, humorous) Bad at telepathy..

Definitions by Sense

1. (informal, rare, humorous) Bad at telepathy.
2. (nonstandard) Alternative form of telepathic.

Example Sentences

Besides, after two minutes of stretching and beaming my eyes in his direction, all I got was a dizzy spell—telepathetic, really.

And one minor nit: consultants are not telepathic, they're telepathetic.

And yes, my medium gives a good massage but when it comes to clairvoyance she's telepathetic.

Weren't you on this newsgroup a few years back trying to impress us with your psychic investigation, channeling, remote viewing BS. That was pretty telepathetic.

An interesting angle brought out by the author is the telepathetic bond of affinity that, according to Stehr, exists between true friends.

Storm Over Warlock and its sequel, Ordeal in Otherwhere, feature two important themes in Norton's fiction: sentient, benevolent, and telepathetic animals and the profound value of empathy and cooperation.

Feluda stared, as though he had seen a ghost, and exclaimed, 'My word, what a coincidence! I was just dialling your number.' 'Really? Now, that must mean I have got a telepathetic link with you, after all,' Lalmohan Babu laughed, looking pleased. Neither of us had the heart to tell him the correct word was 'telepathic'.

A post-World War I book by A. Linckewicz, a professor at the University of Vienna, averred that once there had existed a telepathetic human species, higher than today's human beings.

Word Forms

• more telepathetic
• most telepathetic

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When Should You Use Telepathetic?

Use telepathetic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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