Words to Describe allusion
How allusion often is described ("________ allusion")
- manifest
- subtle
- distinct
- evident
- apt
- playful
- satirical
- ironic
- witty
- single
- vague
- distant
- incidental
- explicit
- bare
- obvious
- biblical
- definite
- clear
- apparent
- remotest
- specific
- only
- obscure
- punning
- graceful
- humorous
- contemporary
- faintest
- classical
- deliberate
- oblique
- complimentary
- symbolic
- casual
- mysterious
- pointed
- sly
- historical
- constant
- interesting
- scriptural
- further
- intertextual
- delicate
- probable
- direct
- mere
- double
- personal
- veiled
- indirect
- sarcastic
- unmistakable
- frequent
- poetic
- occasional
- slightest
- beautiful
- remote
- ironical
- slight
- learned
- happy
- metaphorical
- least
- cryptic
- possible
- earliest
- curious
- contemptuous
- topical
- literary
- sexual
- mythological
- plain
- covert
- implicit
- brief
- earlier