Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elliptically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
el-lip-ti-cal-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in the form of an ellipse

Etymology

Etymology tree English elliptical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English elliptically From elliptical + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more elliptically (comparative) most elliptically (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does elliptically mean?
in the form of an ellipse
Where does elliptically come from?
Etymology tree English elliptical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English elliptically From elliptical + -ly.

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