Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Illusory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deceiving by illusion; deceitful; false; illusory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Subject to or pertaining to an
illusion , often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective based on or having the nature of an illusion
Etymologies
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Examples
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Besides all this, they are exceedingly valuable as providing us with that general sense of religion, vague and illusive, which is deeper than all dogma.
Among Famous Books John Kelman 1896
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PS -- Yes, it's supposed to be "illusive" as in "illusory," as opposed to
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Worse, panelists seemed at a loss in terms of how to better grasp or measure engagement, which is a notoriously "illusive" concept, said Charley Shoemaker, director of video measurement products at Nielsen Online.
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So, depending solely upon the illusive "fair market value," the exact same program can appear to be very cost efficient (8.3 percent), horribly inefficient (64.5 percent), or about average (15.4 percent).
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: What You Know About Donating Is Wrong Saundra Schimmelpfennig 2011
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So, depending solely upon the illusive "fair market value," the exact same program can appear to be very cost efficient (8.3 percent), horribly inefficient (64.5 percent), or about average (15.4 percent).
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: What You Know About Donating Is Wrong Saundra Schimmelpfennig 2011
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But all this I conjecture only, from sensations which may be nervously illusive.
Letter 406 2009
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Luck -- that strange, illusive, heaven sent, burst of good fortune-has not fired a missile in your direction.
Warren Adler: On Rejection and Renewal: A Note to Aspiring Novelists Warren Adler 2012
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Massage works to strengthen that ever-illusive, fast-disappearing key to youth and firmness: collagen.
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Luck -- that strange, illusive, heaven sent, burst of good fortune-has not fired a missile in your direction.
Warren Adler: On Rejection and Renewal: A Note to Aspiring Novelists Warren Adler 2012
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The first ST film I actually saw in the theatre was The Voyage Home and it was no small feat mind you since Star Trek was as illusive in my native Poland back then as tropical fruit.
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