Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elusive"
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) 1.7 (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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