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comparative more illusive, superlative most illusive
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome. quotations examples
[…] he could not catch the illusive thing that had sadly perplexed as well as elevated his spirit.
1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers