allusive

[ uh-loo-siv ]

/ əˈlu sɪv /

having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.

Obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative.

Origin of allusive

First recorded in 1595–1605; allus(ion) + -ive

al·lu·sive·ly, adverb al·lu·sive·ness, noun un·al·lu·sive, adjective un·al·lu·sive·ly, adverb

un·al·lu·sive·ness, noun

This is about as explicit as 1Q84 ever gets, and even here the sense of things is allusive.

Murakami's Dreamy Return |Malcolm Jones |November 4, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
It is divided into narrative, representative, and allusive or parabolical poetry.

The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. |Various
There was something in this allusive change of epithet that gave Julia a little more courage.

Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott
Henry James, Senior, dealt with such things in the most allusive and paradoxical terms.

The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 |William James

My indictment will be short, as some of the parties is not present to which you have been allusive.

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 |Various
Immersed in a subject with which they were all familiar, they were allusive, elliptic, and persistently technical.

The Riddle of the Sands |Erskine Childers

allusive

/ (əˈluːsɪv) /

containing or full of allusions

allusively, adverb allusiveness, noun