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elliptical adjective [ ɪˈlɪptɪk(ə)l ]

• (of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand.
• "elliptical colloquial exchanges"
Similar: terse, concise, succinct, compact, economic, brief, laconic, sparing, pithy, curt, clipped, abstruse, cryptic, ambiguous, obscure, incomprehensible, unfathomable, oblique, recondite, Delphic,
Opposite: clear, direct,
• another term for elliptic.
Similar: oval, egg-shaped, elliptic, ovate, ovoid, oviform, ellipsoidal, obovate,


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