Definitions for elusive

elusive e·lu·sive

Spelling: [ih-loo-siv]
IPA: /ɪˈlu sɪv/

Elusive is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in elusive (eeilsuv).

Definitions for elusive

adjective

  1. eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define:
  2. cleverly or skillfully evasive:
  3. difficult to find:

Origin of elusive

First recorded in 1710-20; elus(ion) + -ive

Examples for elusive

The sound of knocking had been faint, elusive, reflected Byrne.

Sam was volatile and elusive; his industry of an erratic kind.

Huckabee will also need to establish a reliable fundraising base, something that up until now has proved to be elusive.

As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive Academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.

But even to his acute sense of hearing the sound was too elusive.

Who among them could recognise the unknown, elusive bandit, Fantômas?

His only diversion was fishing for the elusive rainbow trout.

There will be a lot of talk about “sustainable” development, but so far that has been elusive.

But the deliverance and liberation that has been longed for by Jews and Christians has proven to be an elusive thing.

They are an elusive bunch, in motion or in the thrall of another time.

Word Value for elusive
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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