| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a illusive manner; falsely.[Websters]
2. In a specious, insidious or deceptive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a false, spurious, meretricious, supposititious or unnatural manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a fraudulent or disingenuous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a delusive, artifactual or mendacious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a notional, chimerical, bizarre, fantastical or artful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an unreal, dreamlike, fictive, fictional or unrealistic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a fake or artificial manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a phantasmal or spectral manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective illusive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (illusive) | 1. Based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job".[Wordnet]. 2. Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.[Websters]. 3. Being delusive, deceptive, fallacious, specious or delusory.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being deceitful, misleading, fraudulent, insidious or insincere.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being unreal, fanciful, fantastic, visionary or chimerical.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being false, fake, fictitious, spurious or treacherous.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being imaginary, notional, ideal or fictive.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being tricky or devious.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being apparent or ostensible.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb illusively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ILLUSIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ILLUSIVELY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] By means of a false show. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: illusive | ||||
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| USS Illusive (AM-448) | 15 | Illusive Arts Entertainment, LLC | 8 | |
| Illusive Arts Entertainment, LLC | 8 | Illusive Tracks | 5 | |
| Illusive Tracks | 5 | USS Illusive (AM-448) | 15 | |
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