allusive
adjective
having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
allusively
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a word derived from
allusive.
Example Sentences
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And the show’s very slipperiness turns against itself: Being hard to pinpoint can be allusively mysterious, or it can come across like obfuscation.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
The former president claimed a double standard about media outrage, referring allusively to the two … having an online history.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Rather, what he found in Jackson Heights is, as the film meticulously, intellectually, allusively, yet ardently shows, a crucial aspect of American experience, a working-out on film of the American democratic ideal.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2015
She has pursued the central mystery tangentially and allusively in a clever, skilfully woven, teasing and compelling story "inspired by Lewis Carroll and Alice".
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
She rose with an air of dismissing the subject, though she continued to speak of it allusively.
From The High Heart by Basil King
