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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)
(mentally such as a memory or description; or externally such as an achievement or physical capture)
- sniffing to catch an elusive scent1.3 — Book 1 Chapter 3 — Three is Company (51% in)
elusive = hard to detect
- But Hobbits have never, in fact, studied magic of any kind, and their elusiveness is due solely to a professional skill that heredity and practice, and a close friendship with the earth, have rendered inimitable by bigger and clumsier races.Prologue (5% in)
There are no more uses of "elusive" in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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