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Synonyms for allusive

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-loo-siv
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlu sɪv


Définition of allusive

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin allus-, past participle stem of alludere (see allude) + -ive. Related: Allusively; allusiveness.
  • adj suggestive
Example sentences :
  • Some, as Austria, instead of one Eagle, adopt two as their allusive emblazonry.
  • Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier
  • My indictment will be short, as some of the parties is not present to which you have been allusive.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 » by Various
  • They both signify the same thing; both are allusive to a purification of life.
  • Extract from : « The Symbolism of Freemasonry » by Albert G. Mackey
  • When Austin explained Viviette's meaning to his mother, who had not an allusive habit of mind, she acquiesced placidly.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Henry James, Senior, dealt with such things in the most allusive and paradoxical terms.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James
  • The old sacred name Yahweh is never pronounced; even “God” is avoided for allusive titles like “heaven” or “place.”
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
  • He loved to come at the truth of things by allusive, far-off reflections, rather than by the sharp questioning of the witness-box.
  • Extract from : « Romany of the Snows » by Gilbert Parker
  • It is indeed an allusive title, carrying the world back to the Wilhelm Meister of Goethe, a century and a half earlier.
  • Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells
  • It was allusive only, but knowing the dialect, Pierston and Marcia gathered its import easily.
  • Extract from : « The Well-Beloved » by Thomas Hardy
  • If by chance a badge could have any punning or allusive meaning it was the more popular, and it then often served as a rebus.
  • Extract from : « Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers » by William Henry St. John Hope

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