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adj. Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: "an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist [himself]” ( David Kline).

adj. Difficult to define or describe: "Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society” ( Hugh Drummond).

adj. evading capture, comprehension or remembrance

adj. rarely seen

adj. difficult to describe

adj. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Eluding, or having a tendency to elude; hard to grasp or confine; slippery.

adj. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

adj. skillful at eluding capture

adj. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

adj. difficult to describe

"Bringing the discussion up to date, Orr finds that Jorie Graham, Geoffrey Hill, and Derek Walcott today are considered the epitome of ambition, while the quieter Kay Ryan finds the label elusive."

impalpable    artful    difficult    hard    unidentifiable   

fallacious    evasive   

abusive    allusive    collusive    conclusive    conducive    exclusive    illusive    inclusive    inconclusive    intrusive   

subtle    fleeting    vague    disturb    intangible    alluring    ethereal    exotic    vivid    shadowy