elliptical
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elliptical/ɪˈlɪptɪkl/
▶adjective
- 1 (of speech or text) using or involving ellipsis (omission of words), especially so as to be difficult to understand.
- 2 another term for elliptic.
– derivatives
elliptically adverb.
elliptically adverb.
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