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al·lu·sive (ə lo̵̅o̅siv, a-)

adjective

  1. containing an allusion
  2. using allusion; full of allusions

allusive Related Forms
al·lu·sively adverb al·lu·sive·ness noun
allusive Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • reference: So the phrase was an allusive reference to crashing in the sea, later extended to all crashes.
  • phrase: The headings in almost any daily newspaper usually include several allusive phrases, as well as idioms.
  • fashion: The rest of the crest refers to the name Rushcliffe, in typical heraldic allusive fashion, depicted by a cliff rising from rushes.
  • style: Cereta, with her passionately literary mind, wrote with a densely allusive style marked by her knowledge of the classics.
  • language: This selection of Browne's writings presents the full range of his exuberant enthusiasms and his richly textured, allusive language.
  • name: Therefore there are many clones of the same typeface, with different and sometimes subtly allusive names.

Modifying Another Word

  • richly: The Art of Hunger undermines and illuminates our accepted notions about literature and throws an unprecendented light on Auster's own richly allusive writings.
  • densely: Cereta, with her passionately literary mind, wrote with a densely allusive style marked by her knowledge of the classics.
  • highly: The links between the art-work and the biblical themes it seeks to explore, illustrate, and interpret, are often highly allusive.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: But, just as Saddam has remained allusive so have Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Umar.

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