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

This allusive track boasts the album’s most sweeping chorus, anchored by Swift’s mesmeric alto and a masterfully orchestrated rhythm that uses moments of quiet to its advantage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Given that glaring fact, director Eva Husson, working from a script by Alice Birch, does her best to create a visual language worthy of Swift’s elegantly allusive prose.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2022

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

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas