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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: elusiveness n : the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down: "the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as evasiveness"
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