Crossword clues for elusiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elusive \E*lu"sive\, a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives.
--Pope.
-- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being elusive
WordNet
n. the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down; "the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as evasiveness"
Usage examples of "elusiveness".
They seemed to share my longing for my mother who already embodied for me the beauty of youth, who had the shiny-haired, smooth-cheeked vitality my grandparents did not have, who could do backbends and cartwheels and who owned high heeled shoes in fifteen colors who became ever more precious for her elusiveness.
Since his retinas became detached, he has slipped from the status of fringe contender to trial horse for young fighters on the way up, and his style has changed from one of grace and elusiveness to that of a brawler, of someone who must keep in constant physical contact with his opponent.