Meaning of ELUSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | i'loosiv
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- [adj] skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
- [adj] difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
- [adj] be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
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| | Synonyms: | | artful, evasive, impalpable, subtle, unidentifiable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*lu"sive\, a.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly
escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all,
and all with hopes deceives. --Pope.
-- {E*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*lu"sive*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | baffling, cagey, elusory, evanescent, evasive, fleeting, fugitive, impalpable, imponderable, incomprehensible, indefinable, insubstantial, intangible, malingering, mysterious, phantom, shifty, shirking, slippery, transitory, tricky |
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