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Definition

difficult to get a hold of

(mentally such as a memory or description; or externally such as an achievement or physical capture)

A permanent solution has proven elusive, but we expect to have one by the end of the month.

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

(mentally such as a memory or description; or externally such as an achievement or physical capture)

an elusive memory
an elusive award
What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart?
Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman
an elusive animal
Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

In Swansboro, Officer Jennifer Romanello spent the evening learning what she could about the elusive Robert Bonham.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

I started to smell something. It was rich and sweet, delicious, and elusive. Automatically, I inhaled deeply, still trying to concentrate on...
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

There— she had it, an elusive slip of memory.
Jane Yolen -- The Devils Arithmetic

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

All these things were slippery and elusive.
Susanna Kaysen -- Girl Interrupted

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

Everything was so pleasant that my thoughts just floated, light and elusive, in my head.
Maureen Daly -- Seventeenth Summer

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

I wish I were with you now, holding your hand and watching for your elusive smile.
Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel had proved elusive once more;
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel

elusive = difficult to capture

All afternoon he'd been fretting about those elusive cottonmouth moccasins, wondering why the reptile wrangler hadn't been able to find them.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

...and after days and nights of discussion, chasing this elusive hope or that, ...
Joy Kogawa -- Obasan

elusive = unachievable

elusive = hard to find (difficult to get a hold of)

As long as Buttercup feels he has the chance of catching the elusive light under his paws, he's bristling with aggression.
Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay

elusive = difficult to catch

it was owned by elusive mega-millionaire Horace Derwent,
Stephen King -- The Shining

elusive = difficult to get a hold of

The fox-faced girl from District 5 sly and elusive.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

elusive = difficult to find or catch

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