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Synonyms for elusiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-loo-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu sɪv |
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Définition of elusiveness
Origin :- 1719, from Latin elus-, past participle stem of eludere (see elude) + -ive. Related: Elusiveness.
- As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway
- His Alpine climbing had taught him the elusiveness of isolated peaks of knowledge.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Not an adventurer or escroc in Europe could compare with him in elusiveness.
- Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
- "Desire-compelling, with the elusiveness of the rainbow's end," was another.
- Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
- She possessed an elusiveness that captivates more surely than beauty.
- Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver
- The seat of the difficulty is in the elusiveness of the material.
- Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
- Even in its source the diamond is not without its element of elusiveness.
- Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson
- The Black was a super-dog, for cunning and strength and elusiveness.
- Extract from : « Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories » by Albert Payson Terhune
- He is ever asking woman to charm him by elusiveness and then complaining because she eludes him.
- Extract from : « The Intelligence of Woman » by W. L. George
- "Understood to be Mrs. Octon" had a smack of Jenny's own ambiguity and elusiveness.
- Extract from : « The Great Miss Driver » by Anthony Hope
- He laughed, chagrined by her elusiveness, yet hungering for her the more.
- Extract from : « The Heritage of the Sioux » by B.M. Bower
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