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elusive

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈluːsɪv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈlusɪv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(i lo̅o̅siv)


elusive
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Sense: Adjective: evasive
Synonyms:
evasive, slippery Collocations, shifty (informal), hard to find, hard to see, difficult to catch, difficult to find, difficult to see, tough to pin down (informal), non-committal
Sense: Adjective: mysterious
Synonyms:
mysterious Collocations, obscure Collocations, intangible, ambiguous, vague Collocations, hard to define, tricky to define, difficult to define, indefinable, indistinct, baffling, puzzling, equivocal, indefinite, difficult Collocations, hard to grasp

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