About The Word Elusive
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Elusive
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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 See Also | 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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