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View synonyms for illusive
illusive
[ ih-loo-siv ]
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- il·lusive·ly adverb
- il·lusive·ness noun
- nonil·lusive adjective
- nonil·lusive·ly adverb
- nonil·lusive·ness noun
- unil·lusive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illusive1
First recorded in 1670–80; illus(ory) + -ive
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Example Sentences
Bragman says Johnson has that illusive “it” factor that everyone wants.
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It may be conjectured that this hope was illusive, for Bragg had exceedingly accurate sources of information.
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"He loves to call a football an 'illusive spheroid,'" chuckled another chap.
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But happiness is as illusive as time, and is proved as perspicuously to be but a thing of memory, by the same venerable saint.
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How he sickened for the bright translucent waters of the mirage, though he knew them false and illusive as a dream!
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Nor has any obscure, mysterious, or illusive point in history been cleared up by the spirits.
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