allusive Meaning & Definition

  • En [ əˈluː.sɪv]
  • Us [ əˈluː.sɪv]

Meaning of allusive In English

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Examples of allusive

  • Such features can make the pseudocleft into a highly allusive vehicle for gently prefacing the declination component.

  • Even when the composer is not methodically drawing upon lied material, he uses allusive material at significant points to integrate his largely free sections.

  • The author points to the existence of allusive narratives in which the nature of actions and their interpretation is not clear.

  • The speaker often employs hyperbole and is given to the constant utterance of absurdly emphatic exclamations, employing idiomatic and proverbial expressions, which are often allusive.

  • The spoken language is typically more allusive, put together in shorter sentences and phrases, using vaguer, less specific terms than are usually found in writing.

  • As allusive and treacherous as the road might be, the need for a comprehensive and just peace is even more critical than ever.

  • Intercepted conversations on any subject are even more allusive and full of half-stated meanings.

  • Accordingly, the content of the main changes involved is given a relatively compressed and allusive treatment.

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