allusive
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F1 drivers generally don't talk about this stuff, and if they do it tends to be in an allusive manner that tries to hide any weaknesses.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
This is a thronged, esoteric, besottedly allusive novel, one of the most niche things I have ever reviewed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
“Elastigirl” riffed off Ciara’s “Oh,” as did “Rockstar” for M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls,” allusive moves that might be hack if she wasn’t so expert at it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
It is left to directors to determine the size of the cast and to divide up Jelinek’s finely chiseled writing, which is by turns poetic, punning, allusive and philosophical.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024
The story told by myxotricha is as deep as any myth, as profoundly allusive.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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