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elusiveness (i LOO siv nes) (s) (noun) (no plural)
1. That which is evasive or unapproachable: There was a quality of elusiveness about the painting that puzzled the experts.
2. Something that is difficult to grasp or to understand: Rodney was told that the speaker's elusiveness was an attempt to avoid telling the truth.
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