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elusiveness
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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.
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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
(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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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.
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Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*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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