Elusive: alternatives and connections

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

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Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

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Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…

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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…

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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…

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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…

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of Baffle

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Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.

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Alt. of Problematical

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Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.

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Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.

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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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