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Comparative for difficult to find, catch, or achieve
“There is even a personal shopping service, providing further help in tracking down that elusive pair of shoes.”
Comparative for evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
“He gave us an elusive answer.”
Comparative for difficult to describe or define
“It's not some elusive phenomenon that you can never grasp.”
Comparative for difficult to define, perceive or visualize
“Mr. Ward heard Dr. Allen's voice for the first time, and it seemed to excite some vague and elusive memory which could not be actually placed.”
Comparative for transient, not permanent in nature
“So when we get an elusive feeling of something resembling love, we want to hang on to it.”
Comparative for not tangible, unable to be felt by touch
Comparative for barely perceptible to the senses
Comparative for behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
Comparative for reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion
Comparative for unable to be achieved or obtained
Comparative for in an isolated or remote location
(of something abstract) Comparative for perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
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