Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- According to the form of an ellipse.
- In the manner of or by an ellipsis; with something left out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the form of an ellipse.
- adverb With a part omitted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in the form of an
ellipse - adverb using
ellipsis
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Examples
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It's not because poets are writing "elliptically".
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It's not because poets are writing "elliptically".
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Many of the original members in attendance performed a somewhat incoherent series of sketches that elliptically alluded to the history of the company's beginnings.
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Perhaps too elliptically: one friend asked a cogent question about continuity that was resolved only when I spoke with someone who had, by chance, worked on the film.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Spiritual Reflections On 'The Tree Of Life' S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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With many three-letter symbols used up, they're focusing on four-letter ones—and considering words only elliptically related to the actual fund.
As ETFs Multiply, Companies Scramble To Concoct Memorable Ticker Symbols Rachel Louise Ensign 2012
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Perhaps too elliptically: one friend asked a cogent question about continuity that was resolved only when I spoke with someone who had, by chance, worked on the film.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Spiritual Reflections On 'The Tree Of Life' S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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And he very elliptically told us that he didn't value John Lewis-style "employee engagement" simply because it was nicer.
Nick Clegg plays the John Lewis card among the City's 'have-yachts' | Simon Hoggart 2012
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Frankly, I'd rather not give away too much more about the plot, which is, as I've said, revealed elliptically, impressionistically.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Spiritual Reflections On 'The Tree Of Life' S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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But humiliating others is like throwing a boomerang which travels elliptically in the air and returns to the person who threw it.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Frankly, I'd rather not give away too much more about the plot, which is, as I've said, revealed elliptically, impressionistically.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Spiritual Reflections On 'The Tree Of Life' S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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