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Adverb: elliptically  i'lip-ti-k(u-)lee
  1. In a concise or abbreviated manner, often by omitting words
    "She spoke elliptically, leaving much unsaid"
     
  2. In the shape or form of an ellipse
    "The planets move elliptically around the sun"