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elusive

/ɪ'lusɪv/

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adjective
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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baffling knotty problematic problematical tough difficult hard
adjective
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
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"that elusive thing the soul"

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subtle impalpable
adjective
difficult to describe
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"a haunting elusive odor"

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unidentifiable
adjective
skillful at eluding capture
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"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"

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artful

Examples of elusive

"that elusive thing the soul"
"a haunting elusive odor"
"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"