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Elusive

Elusive Meaning & Definition
Elusive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elusive?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elusive: artful | evasive | impalpable | subtle | unidentifiable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elusive: 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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Elusive In Webster's Dictionary

\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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