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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characterized by indirect references;
- Example: "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Allusive \Al*lu"sive\, a. 1. Figurative; symbolical. [1913 Webster] 2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

allusive adj 1: characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "allusive": allusory, figurative, figured, flowery, implicational, implicative, implicatory, indicative, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, insinuatory, ironic, mannered, metaphorical, ornamented, referential, suggestive, trolatitious, tropological