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adj- Evasive; Difficult to grasp mentally.

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  • Adjective : an elusive concept. ,a fish too elusive to catch
  • She does not elaborate on how she is similar to the Czech writer who is famous for his political commentary and elusory style.
  • At every one of them, they told us that, no, I'm sorry, the city is completely closed off, or the road is severely damaged or various other elusory answers.
  • The most delicate art is the art of erasure: what we do to forget is as elusory as what we do to remember. newest oldest profile the girl extras butterfly thanks
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