D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Elusive

/ĭl-o͞os'-ĭv/ · E·lu·sive · IPA /ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv/
01 a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
  1. 1.
    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.