allusive

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The result is allusive, ambitious, occasionally frustrating, often exhilarating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

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

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 Second Violin Concerto is in four movements, each with an allusive title, another evocative common trait in Williams’ concert pieces.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

The story told by myxotricha is as deep as any myth, as profoundly allusive.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas