elliptically
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American soundelliptically
elliptically
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el - lip - ti - cal - ly -> elliptically
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ellipsis /Ç'lÇpsÇs/ n (pl ellipses /-si:z/) [C, U]
၁။ (grammar ) အဓိပ္ပာယ်မပျက်စေဘဲ ဝါကျတွင်း စကားလုံး မြှုပ်ချန်ခြင်း။
The sentence ‘He is dead and I alive’ contains an ellipsis, ie of the word ‘am’.
၂။ စာချန်ပြအမှတ်အသား။ (…)။
❏ elliptical /Ç'lÇptÇkl/ adj စကားလုံးမြှုပ်ချန်ထားသော။
an elliptical style of writing (ie one that implies more than is actually said). elliptically /-kli/ adv
Synonyms
abbreviation, contraction, short form, short way around, abridgment, adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylist, comparison, compression, conceit, device, echoism, elision, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, truncation, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking
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abbreviationcontractionshort formshort way aroundabridgmentadumbrationallegoryalliterationallusionanalogueanalogyanaphoraanticlimaxantistropheantithesisaposiopesisapostropheasyndetonbathoscommunication that is not meant literally; stylistcomparisoncompressionconceitdeviceechoismelisioneuphemismeuphuism
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