elusive

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(ĭ-lū'sĭv, -zĭv) pronunciation
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 ēlūsus, past participle of ēlūdere, to elude. See elude.]

elusively e·lu'sive·ly adv.
elusiveness e·lu'sive·ness n.

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adjective

    Characterized by or exhibiting evasion: evasive, slippery. See seek/avoid.


adj

Definition: evasive, mysterious
Antonyms: attracting, confronting, encountering, enticing, facing, inviting

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - svær at fange, vanskelig at erindre, undvigende, ubestemmelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwijkend, moeilijk te vatten, ongrijpbaar, onherkenbaar

Français (French)
adj. - élusif, insaisissable, qui échappe, fuyant (un regard, une personnalité), évasif (une réponse)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schwer faßbar, ausweichend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ασύλληπτος, απατηλός, άπιαστος, φευγαλέος, ακριβοθώρητος, δυσπροσδιόριστος

Italiano (Italian)
elusivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - evasivo, de difícil compreensão, enganoso

Русский (Russian)
неуловимый, трудный для запоминания, уклончивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - evasivo, esquivo, escurridizo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - undanglidande, svårfångad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
难懂的, 难捉摸的, 易忘的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 難懂的, 難捉摸的, 易忘的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 회피하는, 알 수 없는, 잘 잊는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - わかりにくい, つかまえどころのない, 逃げを打つ, 孤独と無名を好む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متملص, مراوغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חמקמק, פורח מהזיכרון, מוליך שולל‬


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