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elusive
(encz) | elusive,nepolapitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
elusive
(encz) | elusive,nezachytitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
elusive
(encz) | elusive,prchavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
elusive
(encz) | elusive,unikající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Elusive
(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.
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elusive
(wn) | elusive
adj 1: difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
2: skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each
more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
3: 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]
4: 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] |
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delusive
(encz) | delusive,klamný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
delusively
(encz) | delusively, |
elusively
(encz) | elusively,prchavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
elusiveness
(encz) | elusiveness,prchavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Delusive
(gcide) | Delusive \De*lu"sive\, a. [See Delude.]
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;
deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive
dream.
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Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.
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Delusively
(gcide) | Delusive \De*lu"sive\, a. [See Delude.]
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;
deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive
dream.
[1913 Webster]
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.
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Delusiveness
(gcide) | Delusive \De*lu"sive\, a. [See Delude.]
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;
deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive
dream.
[1913 Webster]
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.
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Elusive
(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] |
Elusively
(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.
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Elusiveness
(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.
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Prelusive
(gcide) | Prelusive \Pre*lu"sive\, a. [See Prelude.]
Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating that
something of a like kind is to follow. "Prelusive drops."
--Thomson. --Pre*lu"sive*ly, adv.
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Prelusively
(gcide) | Prelusive \Pre*lu"sive\, a. [See Prelude.]
Of the nature of a prelude; introductory; indicating that
something of a like kind is to follow. "Prelusive drops."
--Thomson. --Pre*lu"sive*ly, adv.
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Unelusive
(gcide) | Unelusive \Unelusive\
See elusive. |
delusive
(wn) | delusive
adj 1: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a
wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
[syn: delusive, false] |
delusively
(wn) | delusively
adv 1: in a deceptive and unrealistic manner; "the village
looked delusively near" |
elusiveness
(wn) | elusiveness
n 1: the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down; "the
author's elusiveness may at times be construed as
evasiveness" |
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