allusive
Use Allusive in a sentence
sɪv adjective
1.
having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
2.
Obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative.
Related forms
al·lu·sive·ly, adverb
al·lu·sive·ness, noun
un·al·lu·sive, adjective
un·al·lu·sive·ly, adverb
un·al·lu·sive·ness, noun
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allusive (əˈluːsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| containing or full of allusions | |
| al'lusively | |
| —adv | |
| al'lusiveness | |
| —n | |
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Allusive
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
His writing is spare and allusive, wry and grave, direct and poetic.
He has continued to write in a densely allusive, high-Modernist style, which makes few concessions to the reader.
Here is a work that must be seen precisely because it succeeds in looking allusive and not derivative.
The work's allusive meanings come not from individual pictures, but from the carefully sequenced whole.
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