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Meanings of illusive thing in English

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Usage of illusive thing in English
1
That shifting and illusive thing we call conscience was beginning to assert itself in divers ways.
Philip Dru: Administrator; A Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935
2
So I awoke to the realization of that illusive thing, the mirage, a beautiful lie, false as stairs of sand.
The Last of the Plainsmen
3
They're wondering if the truth is some sort of illusive thing that's going to simply fade out of sight or get blurry.
The new yorker
4
For an instant Gale seemed to have a vision; but it did not last, and he failed to hold some beautiful illusive thing.
Desert Gold
5
"I was thinking that truth is a very illusive thing."
A duty to the dead
6
"You must forgive me for what I am going to say," she added, in a completely different tone, "but crystal-gazing is such an illusive thing.
The Masquerader
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