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e·lu·sive (

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v, -z

adj.

1. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: "an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist [himself]" (David Kline).

2. Difficult to define or describe: "Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society" (Hugh Drummond).

[From Latin lsus, past participle of ldere, to elude; see elude.]

e·lusive·ly adv.

e·lusive·ness n.

Translations

elusively [ɪˈluːsɪvlɪ] ADV to behave elusively → comportarse de manera esquiva
... he said elusively → ... dijo, esquivo, ... dijo, mostrándose esquivo

elusively

adv (+adj) → auf undefinierbare Art; (+vb) → undefinierbar; answer → ausweichend

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