1. allusive - Adjective
2. allusive - Adjective Satellite
Figurative; symbolical.
Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good writing. Garrison Keillor
A poet educated to his finger tips will tend to be allusive. Kenneth Allott
allusive speech is characterized by allusions Source: Internet
Both Duchamp in 1912 and Picabia from 1912 to 1914 developed an expressive and allusive abstraction dedicated to complex emotional and sexual themes. Source: Internet
For example, he followed Petrarch (and Dante) in the unsuccessful championing of an archaic and deeply allusive form of Latin poetry. Source: Internet
Rather, his reference is merely allusive, as he (literally) says only that he has attached himself to the City (proskeimenon tē polei) citation in order to sting it. Source: Internet