of or shaped like an ellipse
on a cloth untrue, with a twisted cue and elliptical billiard balls — W S Gilbert
of or marked by ellipsis or an ellipsis
said of speech or writing: extremely or excessively concise, often resulting in obscurity or ambiguity
elliptically adv
ellipticity /elipʹtisiti/ noun
[Greek elleiptikos defective, marked by ellipsis, from elleipein to leave out]