Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illusive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Illusive \Il*lu"sive\, a. [See {Illude}.]
Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false;
illusory; unreal.
Truth from illusive falsehood to command. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
illusive
adj : based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive
hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities
offer presidents the alluring but often illusory
promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals
without the bothersome debate and open decision that
are staples of democracy" [syn: {illusory}]
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