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illusive

 
(ĭ-lū'sĭv) pronunciation
adj.
Illusory.

illusively il·lu'sive·ly adv.
illusiveness il·lu'sive·ness n.

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  1. Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality: chimeric, chimerical, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusory, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantasmic, visionary. See real/imaginary.
  2. Tending to lead one into error: deceptive, delusive, delusory, fallacious, illusory, misleading. See honest/dishonest, real/imaginary.
  3. Tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusion: delusive, delusory, illusory. See real/imaginary.

 
 

 

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Roget's Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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