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allusive
adjective
(al-lu-sive)
characterized by indirect references
Examples:
Allusive speech is characterized by allusions.
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allusive
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indirect
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evocative
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suggestive
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meaningful
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poetic
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elegiac
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impressionistic
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imagistic
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lyrical
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epigrammatic
,
allegorical
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discursive
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aphoristic
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essayistic
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metaphoric
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poignant
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abstruse
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connotative
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declamatory
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digressive
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dreamlike
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ruminative
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referential
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nabokovian
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expressionistic
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expressive
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novelistic
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unpoetic
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incantatory
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mozartian
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beguiling
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melancholic
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overdetermined
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ethereal
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artful
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resonant
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jamesian
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songlike
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contrapuntal
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ludic
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dialogic
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denotative
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melancholy
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sensual
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painterly
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plangent
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entrancing
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reductive
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uninflected
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expository
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overfamiliar
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performative
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dissonant
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oneiric
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metaphysical
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engrossing
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wordsworthian
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metrical
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sophoclean
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poetical
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symbolist
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joycean
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pointillistic
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cadenced
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prolix
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liminal
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easeful
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numinous
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hieratic
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nonrepresentational
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songful
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graspable
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complexly
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strophic
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naturalistic
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dreamy
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tricksy
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whimsical
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haunting
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fugal
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melodic
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rhapsodic
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hemingwayesque
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revelatory
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absurdist
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decipherable
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transgressive
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exhortatory
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quotidian
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improvisatory
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banal
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formalist
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didactic
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crepuscular
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onomatopoetic
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apollonian
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autobiographic
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noirish
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authorial
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unornamented
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allusive
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