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Allusive

Allusive Meaning & Definition
Allusive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Allusive?

[adj] characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Allusive: indirect

Related Terms | Find terms related to Allusive: allusory | figurative | figured | flowery | implicational | implicative | implicatory | indicative | inferential | insinuating | insinuative | insinuatory | ironic | mannered | metaphorical | ornamented | referential | suggestive | trolatitious | tropological

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Allusive In Webster's Dictionary

\Al*lu"sive\, a. 1. Figurative; symbolical. 2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

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