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   elliptical

   /ɪˈlɪptɪk(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. (of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand: "elliptical colloquial exchanges" Similar terseconcisesuccinctcompacteconomicbrieflaconicsparingpithycurtclippedabstrusecrypticambiguousobscureincomprehensibleunfathomableobliquereconditeDelphicOpposite cleardirect
   • 2. another term for elliptic

   Derivatives

   • 1. elliptically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

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