Elusive

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1. Adjective

Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

2. Adjective

difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
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