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allusive
[ uh-loo-siv ]
adjective
- having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- Obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative.
allusive
/ əˈluːsɪv /
adjective
- containing or full of allusions
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Derived Forms
- alˈlusiveness, noun
- alˈlusively, adverb
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Other Words From
- al·lusive·ly adverb
- al·lusive·ness noun
- unal·lusive adjective
- unal·lusive·ly adverb
- unal·lusive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of allusive1
First recorded in 1595–1605; allus(ion) + -ive
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Example Sentences
This is about as explicit as 1Q84 ever gets, and even here the sense of things is allusive.
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The edge of her wit had become poignant, her speech rendered logical and allusive.
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He was genial and jocose, sunburnt and romantically allusive.
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Immersed in a subject with which they were all familiar, they were allusive, elliptic, and persistently technical.
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Of course, they are not ready for the indirect and allusive manner, nor for the lyric egoism, of the pure literary essay.
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Of course letters enable you to evade some of the difficulties of the novelist's task, to be discursive, allusive and incomplete.
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