{
  "ellipse":{
    "a shape that resembles a flattened circle":{
      "examples":[
        "The teacher drew an ellipse on the chalkboard that intended to illustrate the moon's orbit around the Earth."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "egg",
        "loop",
        "oval",
        "spheroid",
        "ball",
        "globe",
        "orb",
        "sphere",
        "bead",
        "globule",
        "circle",
        "circlet",
        "cirque",
        "ring",
        "ringlet",
        "rondure",
        "round",
        "roundel",
        "chunk",
        "clump",
        "gob",
        "hunk",
        "lump",
        "nugget",
        "wad"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "block",
        "cube",
        "rectangle",
        "square"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ells":{
    "as in arms , wings":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arms",
        "wings",
        "additions",
        "annexes",
        "extensions",
        "penthouses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ell":{
    "as in arm , wing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arm",
        "wing",
        "addition",
        "annex",
        "extension",
        "penthouse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "elliptically":{
    "in a few words":{
      "examples":[
        "the characters in Harold Pinter's plays speak elliptically leaving much of the meaning to be conveyed by the frequent, lengthy pauses"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "briefly",
        "compactly",
        "concisely",
        "crisply",
        "curtly",
        "laconically",
        "pithily",
        "shortly",
        "succinctly",
        "summarily",
        "tersely"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aphoristically",
        "sententiously",
        "exactly",
        "precisely",
        "abruptly",
        "bluffly",
        "bluntly",
        "brusquely",
        "monosyllabically"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "redundantly",
        "repetitiously"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "diffusely",
        "long-windedly",
        "verbosely",
        "wordily"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "elliptical":{
    "having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
      "examples":[
        "the poet's elliptical style is such that the reader often senses that an allusion is being made\u2014but to what exactly?"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ambiguous",
        "arcane",
        "cryptic",
        "dark",
        "deep",
        "Delphic",
        "double-edged",
        "enigmatic",
        "enigmatical",
        "equivocal",
        "fuliginous",
        "inscrutable",
        "murky",
        "mysterious",
        "mystic",
        "nebulous",
        "obscure",
        "occult",
        "opaque"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abstruse",
        "esoteric",
        "recondite",
        "cloaked",
        "concealed",
        "disguised",
        "masked",
        "shrouded",
        "beclouded",
        "bedimmed",
        "befogged",
        "clouded",
        "cloudy",
        "dim",
        "faint",
        "foggy",
        "fuzzy",
        "hazy",
        "indistinct",
        "indistinguishable",
        "misty",
        "muddy",
        "obfuscatory",
        "obnubilated",
        "obscurant",
        "obscurantic",
        "shaded",
        "shadowlike",
        "shadowy",
        "sphinxlike",
        "indefinite",
        "inexact",
        "inexplicit",
        "noncommittal",
        "questionable",
        "unclear",
        "uncertain",
        "undefined",
        "undetermined",
        "vague",
        "impenetrable",
        "incomprehensible",
        "indecipherable",
        "inexplicable",
        "eerie",
        "eery",
        "uncanny",
        "weird",
        "impalpable",
        "inappreciable",
        "intangible",
        "invisible",
        "unanswerable",
        "unknowable",
        "baffling",
        "bewildering",
        "confounding",
        "confusing",
        "mystifying",
        "perplexing",
        "puzzling",
        "unfathomable",
        "circuitous",
        "indirect",
        "roundabout",
        "complex",
        "complicated",
        "difficult",
        "obtuse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "comprehensible",
        "fathomable",
        "intelligible",
        "knowable",
        "legible",
        "pellucid",
        "understandable",
        "bright",
        "distinct",
        "evident",
        "self-evident",
        "self-explanatory",
        "certain",
        "firm",
        "strong",
        "sure",
        "defined",
        "determined",
        "direct",
        "straightforward",
        "definite",
        "exact",
        "explicit",
        "appreciable",
        "palpable",
        "tangible",
        "visible",
        "blatant",
        "patent",
        "unmistakable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "accessible",
        "clear",
        "nonambiguous",
        "obvious",
        "plain",
        "unambiguous",
        "unequivocal"
      ]
    },
    "having the shape of an egg":{
      "examples":[
        "the villa's marble pool is surrounded by an elliptic arrangement of ancient Greek statuary"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "oval",
        "ovate",
        "ovoid",
        "ovoidal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
      "examples":[
        "his elliptical replies can seem rude to some people, but that's just his way"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aphoristic",
        "apothegmatic",
        "brief",
        "capsule",
        "compact",
        "compendious",
        "concise",
        "crisp",
        "curt",
        "epigrammatic",
        "laconic",
        "monosyllabic",
        "pithy",
        "sententious",
        "succinct",
        "summary",
        "telegraphic",
        "terse",
        "thumbnail"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abrupt",
        "blunt",
        "brusque",
        "brusk",
        "short",
        "snippety",
        "snippy",
        "abbreviated",
        "abridged",
        "condensed",
        "curtailed",
        "shortened",
        "meaty",
        "substantial",
        "meaningful",
        "significant",
        "well-turned"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pleonastic",
        "redundant",
        "repetitious",
        "tautological",
        "tautologous",
        "enlarged",
        "expanded",
        "supplemented",
        "embellished",
        "embroidered",
        "exaggerated",
        "inflated"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "circuitous",
        "circumlocutory",
        "diffuse",
        "long-winded",
        "prolix",
        "rambling",
        "verbose",
        "windy",
        "wordy"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}