elliptically in English

adverb

in an elliptical manner; in the shape of an ellipse, in an oval shape; with the use of an ellipsis (Grammar)

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1. He is explaining -- sometimes elliptically, Aphoristically, through metaphors, jokes and old folk wisdom -- why

2. Inertia or friction welding of conical components into elliptically-shaped holes in a pipe or tube

3. Synonyms for Briefly include shortly, succinctly, summarily, compactly, concisely, crisply, curtly, elliptically, laconically and pithily

4. Synonyms for Crisply include briefly, concisely, succinctly, summarily, tersely, compactly, curtly, pithily, elliptically and laconically

5. The preposition Above is often used further elliptically as a noun by omitting the associated noun, where it is should be clear what is omitted: e.g

6. The screening properties of a circular screening plant and a linear screening plant are combined in this plant to obtain an elliptically shaped screening amplitude. Up to 800 t/h of discharging output is cleanly separated into three or four fractions.

7. Bungalow (n.) 1670s, Anglo-Indian, "one-story thatched house," usually surrounded by a veranda, from Gujarati bangalo, from Hindi bangla "low, thatched house," literally "Bengalese," used elliptically for "house in the Bengal style" (see Bengal).Related: Bungaloid.