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Definition of "allusively" [al•lu•sive•ly]

  • In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion. (adverb)

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Use "allusively" in a sentence
  • "Taking an unexpected hand in the fortunes of cinematic renegades, the French designer agnès b. aka Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé has given financial backing to such bold and divisive filmmakers as Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noé, and conceived the allusively chic attire worn by Uma Thurman and John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction.""
  • "If so, the euphony is, for Conrad, not just thoroughly but almost allusively Romantic."
  • "His poetry gives evidence of a bookish and extremely thoughtful life while encountering the forms and rituals of cultures without literatures — West African, Mexican and Central American — as well as the writers — Augustine, Goethe, Rilke, David Hume, Hugh MacDiarmid — whose traces we find allusively placed throughout his work."