elusive
adjective
eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define.
elusively
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a word derived from
elusive.
Example Sentences
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Then there is the un-collared and unstudied male mountain lion that has been elusively and peacefully coexisting with humans in the area for at least 10 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
“Let’s see if the rumor that is so widespread is confirmed,” Bilbao coach Jose Angel Ziganda said elusively after the match.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
It is, most simply but also most elusively, a sweet and thorny tale of father-daughter bonding with a finely honed edge of generational conflict, propelled by two extraordinarily natural, utterly fearless performances.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2016
If you want to find the vision of an elusively prosperous and unified Europe, you have to go to a 19th-century railway station in London, Brexit or no.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2016
A high and fragmentary moon came and went elusively.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
