elusive
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- s difficult to describe
a haunting elusive odor - s skillful at eluding capture
a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline - s difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
that elusive thing the soul - s making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- Seconds before the final whistle the home team got their elusive match winning goal.
- The elusive chimpanzee is now tracked by radio signals.
- The pilot who had parachuted into enemy territory remained elusive and the enemy patrols could never capture him.