Antonyms for elusive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-loo-siv

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu sɪv

Definition of elusive

Origin : 1719, from Latin elus-, past participle stem of eludere (see elude) + -ive. Related: Elusiveness.

adj evasive, mysterious

Example sentences :

Who among them could recognise the unknown, elusive bandit, Fantômas?
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

His only diversion was fishing for the elusive rainbow trout.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

The sound of knocking had been faint, elusive, reflected Byrne.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

But even to his acute sense of hearing the sound was too elusive.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

Sam was volatile and elusive; his industry of an erratic kind.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

At the same instant came an elusive whiff of pungency on the chill.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

The world resembled a limitless flat shadow which was motionless and elusive.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

It is too great and too elusive to be embraced and taken to a human breast.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

This was all that I could distinguish, and of this only the most elusive glimpse was to be had.
Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell

The elusive but happy medium is the work of the socially well-trained.
Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway

Synonyms for elusive

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