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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elusive \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elusive adj 1: difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor" 2: skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline [syn: {evasive}] 3: 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" [syn: {subtle}]
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