elusiveness
NounUS[ih-loo-siv-nuhs]/ɪˈlusɪvnəs/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down“the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as evasiveness”Type of unclearness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“elusiveness” is listed under Elusive.
E·lu′sive adjective
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.— Alexander Pope
— E·lu′wb-a1′>′sive·ly, adverb — E·lu′wb-a1′>′sive·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54