elliptical
adjective/ɪˈlɪptɪkəl/
Frequency rank: #10,480 most common English word
Meaning
Having the shape of an ellipse; oval-shaped, or (of speech) leaving out words and being hard to understand.
Example sentence
The planets travel in elliptical orbits around the sun.
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