ellipticallyadv.
/ɛˈlɪptɪkəli/ In an elliptical manner.
1. Grammar. With use of ellipsis.
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elliptically1816
1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. Introd. 21 Almost every word is put elliptically.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith i. i. §2. 39 [Certain sciences] use..elliptically, the Syllogism.
2. In the form or after the manner of an ellipse.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adverb]
cycloidally1728
elliptically1831
hodographically1847
trochoidally1857
sinusoidally1888
1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxvii. 229 Light polarised + 45° is elliptically polarised.
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