elusive

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

2. adj. difficult to describe Source: wordnet

3. adj. skillful at eluding capture Source: wordnet

4. adj. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze Source: wordnet

5. adj. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe Source: wordnet

6. 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. Source: webster

7. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitlyescaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all withhopes deceives. Pope.-- E*lu"sive*ly, adv.-- E*lu"sive*ness, n. Source: adambom

8. j:100 s. difficult to describe s. skillful at eluding capture s. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze Source: ecdict

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