elusiveness

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noun

The state of being elusive.

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Meanings

nounelusiveness (usually uncountable, plural elusivenesses)

plural elusivenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state of being elusive.

    Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.

    1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur

Origin

From elusive + -ness.

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APA

elusiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elusiveness

MLA

“elusiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elusiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elusiveness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elusiveness.

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