Synonym: evasive, subtle. Similar words: inclusive, exclusive, exclusively, effusive, obtrusive, intrusive, allusion, illusion. Meaning: [-uːsɪv] adj. 1. difficult to describe 2. skillful at eluding capture 3. be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind.
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91. The team came within one game of the elusive state championship.
92. On the other hand, it makes him an elusive target for a biographer.
93. Even a relatively modest addition to the liberal framework, universal health coverage, remains elusive.
94. Organising yourself Of all study skills, perhaps the most elusive is the ability to organise and manage time effectively.
95. Searching for the elusive final straw is not a very fruitful activity.
96. But what if they were obliged to seek that elusive spring for the good of those they'd orphaned and anguished?
97. Such difficulties of determining the impact and the timing of adjustment make generalisations about trade policies elusive.
98. This reflects Warltire's peripatetic way of life, which in turn explains why precise biographical details are so elusive.
99. For it is the personality of Law that has remained as elusive to historians as it was to his own contemporaries.
100. Most applications have continued to run okay, but performance advantages expected for the Power Mac family have generally proven elusive.
101. The result is a slightly elusive quality which is part of its singular attraction.
102. We looked at each other - we had finally reached Isparion's elusive summit.
103. Comics, newspapers and nudes under half-lifted desks melt into elusive textbooks.
104. An obstinate fellow, if ever there was one, and a very elusive one too.
105. Many happy hours were spent walking in the woods, chasing elusive rabbits and splashing through the muddiest water.
106. In particular, establishing a close and sustained relationship between money and nominal income or prices has been especially elusive.
107. But despite all the efforts to make sense of the artist, he remains elusive, an enigma.
108. Looking at the might-have-beens of stylistic variation is a way of making the elusive quality of good writing open to inspection.
109. Establishment of a causal role for leukotrienes in the pathogenesis of mucosal damage has, however, remained elusive.
110. But the goals of a better future for children have proved elusive.
111. The concept of charity is elusive, moving[Sentencedict.com ], embodied in a corpus of decided cases built up over centuries.
112. Bonefish's real name was Hector, but he had earned his nickname because of his uncanny ability to find the elusive fish.
113. While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.
114. He spent a year prospecting for the elusive metal.
115. And that bottleneck will make type growth rates elusive.
116. The answers Lord sought were still elusive.
117. He remained as elusive as ever.
118. He is an elusive figure.
119. Number is a crucial but elusive concept in English teaching and learning.
120. Both countries are paying much more for debt today and longer term investors are remaining elusive, thus Italy and Spain are still living on a hand-to-mouth existence.
More similar words: inclusive, exclusive, exclusively, effusive, obtrusive, intrusive, allusion, illusion, conclusion, preclusion, in conclusion, disillusion, draw a conclusion, massive, passive, pervasive, derisive, decisive, offensive, intensive, excessive, impulsive, defensive, expensive, extensive, explosive, persuasive, recessive, impressive, aggressive.