Etymograph

English

elusively

From elusive + -ly.

A compound of elusive + -ly

Latin lūdō ‘play’

Latin eludo ‘to parry a blow, to deceive’

Latin elusus ‘deceived, tricked, fooled, having been deceived’

English elusive

Today it means

adv In an elusive manner.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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