illusive

 
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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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adjective

  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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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: based on or having the nature of an illusion
  Synonym: illusory


 
 

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