elliptically
[ih-lip-tik-lee]
- in the form of an ellipse.
- in an elliptical manner; by an ellipse.
- with great economy of words or expression; concisely: to speak elliptically.
- without sufficient transition or a logical connection between thoughts, ideas, or expressions; ambiguously or cryptically: to jump elliptically from generalities to specifics.
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Origin of elliptically
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Examples from the Web for elliptically
Contemporary Examples
President Obama has elliptically promised that a U.S.-led coalition will prevent Iran from obtaining the bomb.
Historical Examples
Aristotle used Enthymeme in the wider sense of an elliptically expressed argument.
Logic, Inductive and DeductiveWilliam Minto