The meaning of ELUSIVE is tending to elude. How to use elusive in a sentence.

ELUSIVE definition: eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define. See examples of elusive used in a sentence.

ELUSIVE definition: 1. difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember: 2. difficult to describe, find, achieve, or…. Learn more.

Definition of elusive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. difficult to find, define or achieve. Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found. A solution to the problem of toxic waste …

Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve. Here late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap.

Difficult to define or describe: "Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society" (Hugh Drummond).

e•lu•sive /ɪˈlusɪv/ also e•lu•so•ry /ɪˈlusəri/ adj. eluding one's understanding; hard to express or define: elusive concepts in that poetry. skillful at keeping away from, escaping from, or evading: an elusive …