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elliptical

Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪptɪk(ə)l/
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Definition of elliptical

adjective

  • 1(of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand: elliptical colloquial exchanges she had completely misunderstood his elliptical declaration

Derivatives

elliptically

adverb

elliptical in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of elliptical in the US English dictionary