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elusory

ADJECTIVE
elusive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambiguous fleeting illusory incomprehensible puzzling slippery subtle tricky volatile
WEAK
baffling cagey deceitful deceptive difficult to catch equivocal evanescent fallacious fraudulent fugacious fugitive greasy imponderable indefinable insubstantial intangible misleading occult phantom shifty shy stonewalling transient transitory unspecific
Antonyms
STRONGEST
definite honest intelligible stable understandable
WEAK
attracting confronting encountering enticing facing inviting
ADJECTIVE
evasive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambiguous cagey deceptive false misleading unclear vague
WEAK
casuistic casuistical cunning devious dissembling elusive equivocating fugitive greasy indirect intangible lying oblique prevaricating shifty shuffling slippery sly sophistical stonewalling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clear definite honest truthful
WEAK
direct forthright ready straight straightforward

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To stifle this cry in the dreaded populace of the Eternal City, the emperors imported grain largely from Egypt and Lybia, and distributed it at an elusory price, or gratuitously, to the people.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

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