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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His ears make him a natural target for caricaturists, while his mother’s features were more elusively bland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
She sings standards, show tunes and old novelties in a taut, flinty, elusively beautiful voice, erring toward material with difficult lyrics and tough places in history.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
But the scenario is also a perfect metaphor for the incendiary power that film, as a medium, has over him, and over the rest of us, as the decades flicker seductively, elusively past.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2019
“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
A high and fragmentary moon came and went elusively.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
