elliptical
adjective
1 elliptical
Rounded like an egg.
synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate.
Roget 247: round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular; oval, ovate; elliptic, elliptical; egg-shaped; pear-shaped etc. 245; cycloidal ... show more
Roget 572: concise, brief, short, terse, close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, ... show more
Polish: jajowaty
2 elliptical
Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements:
— The explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity.
synonym: elliptic.
Moby thesaurus: Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, aposiopestic, bell-like, bell-shaped, bobbed, brief, brusque, campaniform, campanular, campanulate, capsule, capsulized, clipped, close, compact, compendious, compressed ... show more.
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