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elliptic: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor; of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

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parabolic collapse: having the form of a parabola; resembling or expressed by parables

sheared collapse: (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"; having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"

shaved collapse

mowed collapse

cropped collapse: (of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil"

ellipsoidal collapse

aphoristic collapse: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"

gnomic collapse: relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse"

nipped collapse

succinct collapse

saucer shaped collapse

compendious collapse: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

abridged collapse: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

shortened collapse

pruned collapse

abbreviated collapse: (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"; cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"

clipped collapse: (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent"; cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"

curtailed collapse

laconic collapse

docked collapse: that in a dock; "a docked ship"

taciturn collapse: habitually reserved and uncommunicative

concise collapse: expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

elliptical collapse

oval collapse

abstracted collapse: taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead

to the point collapse

truncated collapse

curt collapse

pithy collapse: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

compressed collapse: reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"; pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"; flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

terse collapse

trimmed collapse: made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"

condensed collapse

reserved collapse: cool and formal in manner; marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West; set aside for the use of a particular person or party

contracted collapse: reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

summary collapse: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

sententious collapse: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

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