ellipticaladjective
uk/iˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/us/iˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/elliptical adjective (SHAPE)
also elliptic, having an oval shape
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Geometry: properties of circles & curves
- amplitude
- arc
- arched
- belly
- circumference
- circumferential
- concave
- concentric
- curve
- curvy
- eccentric
- gauge
- geodesic
- globular
- helix
- incisura
- parabola
- round
- rounded
- sinuous
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elliptical adjective (LANGUAGE)
formal Elliptical language has parts missing, so that it is sometimes difficult to understand:
His message was written in a deliberately elliptical style.
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- euphemism
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- roundabout
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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elliptically
adverb uk/iˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl.i/us/iˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl.i/formal