elliptical (adj.)
- abbreviated
- abridged
- abstracted
- bell-shaped
- brief
- brusque
- campanular
- campanulate
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendious
- compressed
- concise
- contracted
- crisp
- cropped
- curt
- cut
- digested
- ellipsoid
- elliptic
- elongated
- epigrammatic
- gnomic
- laconic
- mown
- oblong
- parabolic
- pithy
- pointed
- rectangular
- reserved
- saucer-shaped
- sententious
- shaved
- sheared
- short
- shortened
- snub
- succinct
- summary
- taciturn
- terse
- tight
- trimmed
- truncated