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Definition of Elusory
1. a. Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
Definition of Elusory
1. Adjective. That tends to elude ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elusory
1. elusive [adj] - See also: elusive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elusory
Literary usage of Elusory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws: Generally, and in Their Conflict by William Burge (1838)
"It must not be elusory, but serious, otherwise the alienation will be a ...
(a) There must be a real or serious price, and not that which is elusory, ..."
2. Historical Illustrations of the Origin and Progress of the Passions, and by Samuel Walter Burgess (1825)
"Fancy is a ready architect; but fancy's forms are elusory and unstable. Are not
those whose fate has never been darkened by the frowns of fortune, ..."
3. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1837)
"I consider that the allotment of a share, so small as to be merely elusory, is
in substance the same thing as if no share at all had been given ; it is in ..."
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