Meaning of "elliptical": characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
Adjective
Meaning: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
Example: the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints
the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity
Synonyms: elliptic
elliptical
Similar: concise
Adjective: In a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval. 1876, Edward Roth (translator), All Around the Moon, Chapter XIX, Having admitted that the projectile was describing an orbit around the moon, this orbit must necessarily be elliptical; science proves that it must be so.1876, Edward Roth (translator), All Around the Moon, Chapter XIX, Having admitted that the projectile was describing an orbit around the moon, this orbit must necessarily be elliptical; science proves that it must be so.Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted. If he is sometimes elliptical and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us. -- Edmund Wilson(of speech) Concise, condensed. 1903, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Robert Browning, Chapter VI, Browning's dark and elliptical mode of speech, like his love of the grotesque, was simply a characteristic of his, a trick of his temperament, and had little or nothing to do with whether what he was expressing was profound or superficial. early XX c., The Making of a New Yorker, by O. Henry He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher, an artist, a traveller, a naturalist and a discoverer.1903, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Robert Browning, Chapter VI, Browning's dark and elliptical mode of speech, like his love of the grotesque, was simply a characteristic of his, a trick of his temperament, and had little or nothing to do with whether what he was expressing was profound or superficial.early XX c., The Making of a New Yorker, by O. Henry He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher, an artist, a traveller, a naturalist and a discoverer.(mathematics, rare) Alternative form of ellipticBeing flat and in the shape of a twice-symmetrical ellipse; oval.
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