Crossword clues for allusive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allusive \Al*lu"sive\, a.
Figurative; symbolical.
Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin allus-, past participle stem of alludere (see allude) + -ive. Related: Allusively; allusiveness.
Wiktionary
a. That contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints).
WordNet
adj. characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
Usage examples of "allusive".
But mixed in with this, adding the peculiar flavours and mistaken resonances, were his own fugitive literary skills, unacknowledged guilts, and quirkily allusive sexual anxieties.
Surely, he would never have spoken so complex a sentence and certainly not one which was as slipperily allusive, so deftly placing the ball in her court, if he understood the construction.
And what is allusive about the play suggests the thematically symbolic.
By any definition, however, Donnie Darko is a black comedy, albeit a most unconventional one that juxtaposes concerns with mental problems, troubled teenagers, families, the '80s, time travel, and the institutions of self-help, high school, and psychiatry, and somehow manages to juggle all this material and achieve an allusive beauty.