Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Allusive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Allusive.
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- adjective
allusive ; makingallusion
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Examples
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But it also raises issues about who this sort of allusory work is intended for.
Sung in Blood Lou Anders 2007
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To demand he apologize is stupid however; the point of allusory slams is that they're not literal and the listener is allowed to think himself clever to detect them.
"You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change,' it’s still gonna stink." Ann Althouse 2008
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The Glove story is one of the best-known anecdotes in history; besides its French source, it has been told in German by Schiller, in English by Leigh Hunt, and has received thousands of allusory comments -- but always from one point of view.
Robert Browning: How to Know Him William Lyon Phelps 1904
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Even elementary school children can do it, but in their case the learning begins backwards: The allusory title is written before the story.
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