Adverb : to speak elliptically. ,to jump elliptically from generalities to specifics. From Dictionary.com.
It's not because poets are writing "elliptically". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
'That topic is not to be approached even elliptically. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
He spoke elliptically and kept his half-savage face close to hers. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial]
I insisted on an explanation, and finally he talked—if elliptically. From Wordnik.com. [Let the Swords Encircle Me] Reference
Chaz Minear alluded to Coleman, but only elliptically, so his file I relinquished. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
Newer: writing prompt a poem because I find I can only write about this elliptically…. From Wordnik.com. [a poem - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson] Reference
Court Meade picked up an (elliptically worded) mention of a robbery on the tailor shop bug. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
A syllogism, as thus elliptically stated, is commonly, though incorrectly, called an Enthymeme. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
He spoke elliptically and withheld details like his family name or where in the South he lived. From Wordnik.com. [A Privilege to Die] Reference
Because I knew that he hovered elliptically in my "L.A. Quartet" novels, a phantom waiting to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Nocturne]
An important idea related to the book, elliptically covered, is that the “War on Terror” is a sham. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » FDL Book Salon — How Would A Patriot Act, Pt. 1] Reference
To which, elliptically, she made answer: “Better now than in spring, when things are freshening up.”. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Christina] Reference
Sandiford, who is referred to elliptically, is a pompous blow hard and an extraordinarily patronising man. From Wordnik.com. [Man Wit Lib Dems: Does Cash Card Trump Race Card?] Reference
Posting something very soon about Bethnal Green and Bow and elliptically the elliptical Respect party there. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-25] Reference
Patrick Wymark makes a surly protagonist and the murders are filmed elliptically by director Freddie Francis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-25] Reference
The justices, he said elliptically, were "driven by something other than what was visible on the face of the opinions.". From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
And Gross should tell us directly, not elliptically, why color makes a significant difference when poverty is the question. From Wordnik.com. [Poor People] Reference
He does not lie as much as leave us to understand the unsaid, the elliptically said, the volcanic menace beneath the polish. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi David Wolpe: Tarantino Yells Fire In Crowded Theater] Reference
But humiliating others is like throwing a boomerang which travels elliptically in the air and returns to the person who threw it. From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound!] Reference
The huge, elliptically shaped vessel was shown overhead; then the image was rotated so that the viewer could see a cutaway section. From Wordnik.com. [Recovery]
This was shortly and elliptically stated, and was with no evil intention, I am absolutely sure, in some quarters inversely explained. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches: Literary and Social] Reference
Although Morrison reveals much about the past histories of the convent women, she does so elliptically, rarely referring to them by name. From Wordnik.com. [The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison: Questions] Reference
Both Mike and Chris have kept mum about it, and earlier this week Mike finally went on the air to talk about it ... but rather elliptically. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Francesa Speaks Incoherently About Future of 'Mike and the Mad Dog'] Reference
The next Israeli government should weigh whether Israel can accept as a mediator a country that speaks, albeit elliptically, of our destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Harut Sassounian: Israel May Retaliate Against Turkey by Recognizing the Armenian Genocide] Reference
Mr. Cassano even seemed to suggest, if elliptically, that once the government was backing AIG, it could have rejected the collateral demands altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Behold, the Subprime Shmoe] Reference
'Oh, for that!' she smiled elliptically; 'yes, she is most dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons] Reference
Both deal with themes of war and intolerance, even if only elliptically. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Past presidents have spoken elliptically about helping Israel, a close ally, in a conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
An elliptically polarized antenna provides only a portion of the input power to the vertical plane, not 50 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Broadcast Engineering RSS Feed] Reference
"My confession being shortly and elliptically stated, was, with no evil intention I am absolutely sure, in some quarters inversely explained.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete] Reference
Lohan called Monroe's suicide "tragic," and then added, elliptically, "You know, it's also tragic what just recently happened to someone else.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Eh, without prudence!" exclaimed Carnesecchi, elliptically, as though to ask where he himself would have been had he not possessed prudence in abundance. From Wordnik.com. [Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster] Reference
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