Elusive Meaning In English. 1 Difficult to find catch or achieve. Difficult to catch tricky slippery difficult to find evasive shifty I had no luck in tracking down this elusive man.
3 FIND an elusive. The elusive concept of literature. 2 DIFFICULT an elusive result is difficult to achieve She enjoys a firm reputation in this country but wider international success has been elusive.
Indefinable puzzling fleeting subtle baffling indefinite transient intangible indescribable transitory indistinct an attempt to recapture an elusive memory.
Cleverly or skillfully evasive. A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive. Skillful at eluding capture Example - a cabal of conspirators each more elusive than the archterrorist. Other Words from elusive.
