Things that are elusive are hard to find, pin down, or remember. They slip right out of your grasp.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Adjective S.
skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
Adjective S.
difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
Adjective S.
be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
a.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape;
adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives.--
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Usage Examples
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time.
The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.
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