elusively


e·lu·sive

E0097400 (ĭ-lo͞o′sĭv, -zĭv)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.]
e·lu′sive·ly adv.e·lu′sive·ness n.
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