Lexic.us

Definition of Elusive

1. Adjective. Difficult to describe. "A haunting elusive odor"

2. Adjective. Skillful at eluding capture. "A cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"

3. Adjective. Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze. "That elusive thing the soul"

4. Adjective. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. "A problematic situation at home"

Definition of Elusive

1. a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Definition of Elusive

1. Adjective. evading capture, comprehension or remembrance ¹

2. Adjective. rarely seen ¹

3. Adjective. difficult to describe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elusive

1. tending to elude [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elusive

elude eluded eluder eluders eludes eludible eluding eluent eluents elumbated

eluotropic elurophobia elurophobias elusion elusions elusive (current term) elusive ulcer elusively elusiveness elusivenesses

elusory elutant elute eluted elutes eluting elution elution profile elution volume elutions

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