'Elusive' definitions:
Definition of 'elusive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
adjective
Skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
adjective
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" [syn: elusive, subtle]
adjective
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough]
Definition of 'Elusive'
From: GCIDE
- Elusive \E*lu"sive\, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. [1913 Webster]
- Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. --Pope. -- {E*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*lu"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elusive'
From: Moby Thesaurus