elusively
- adverb
- /ɪˈluːsɪvli/
:
elusivamente
- The meaning of his words was elusively difficult to grasp in the moment.
Examples
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The answers to the puzzle seemed to be elusively hidden in the clues provided.
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All I know is that we're dealing with some top threat and I'm not even surprised anymore how this guy, Dominic Bane, keeps elusively not being apprehended by us, getting away like some sort of magician.
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She elusively avoided discussing her plans for the weekend.
Synonyms
67
4.6
In a way that is strange and hard to understand
29
6.9
In a way that cannot be explained or understood
3
8.1
In a way that hides the true meaning
3
4.0
In a way that makes it hard to understand
2
8.0
It is very hard to understand
2
8.1
In a way that is very hard to understand
2
7.7
In a way that is not clear and hard to understand
1
8.4
In a way that is very surprising and hard to understand
1
8.3
In a mysterious way that is hard to understand
1
6.9
In a way that people cannot understand
1
8.2
In a confusing way that makes something hard to understand
1
9.6
In a way that hides what someone feels and is hard to understand
1
8.0
In a way that is hard to understand or see through
1
7.9
In a way that is hard to understand
1
8.4
In a way that is very confusing and hard to understand
1
7.9
In a way that makes something hard to understand
1
6.1
In a way that is confusing and hard to understand
1
8.0
In a way that is confusing and hard to understand
In a way that makes something hard to understand
In a way that is hard to understand or does not match what you expect
Antonyms
How Hidden
- Formal
4
8.0
17
6.9
1
6.4
78
4.2
303
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elusively comes from the same root as elude and the old Latin word ludere 'to play', so think of an idea that 'slips away' like a player hiding in a game; that's why something described as elusively is hard to find or understand.