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Elliptically   Listen
adverb
Elliptically  adv.  
1.
In the form of an ellipse.
2.
With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.






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"Elliptically" Quotes from Famous Books



... strength of malice:/ strong as they have shown themselves to be in malice towards tyranny. Though the Folio text may be corrupt, and at least twelve emendations have been suggested, the figure as it stands is intelligible, though elliptically obscure. Grant White has indicated how thoroughly the expression is in the spirit of what Brutus has just said. In previous editions of Hudson's Shakespeare, Singer's conjecture of 'amity' for 'malice' was adopted. ...
— The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar • William Shakespeare



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