English-French translations for elusive

• élusif
• évasif
  Nous venons de montrer que nous pouvions, grâce à une action commune résolue, nous mettre d'accord sur un traité qui est très longtemps demeuré évasif. We have just shown that we can, by decisive joint action, agree on a treaty that has proven elusive for a very long time.

Definition of elusive

• Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Difficult to make precise
• Rarely seen

Examples

• The elusive criminal was arrested
• A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbins pathology, 8th ed

Related words

• delusion
• delusional
• delusive
• self-delusion
• elusion
• Melusine
• Melusina
• Pelusium
• Elusive Antpitta