Evasive

/ɪˈveɪsɪv/ adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

    "evasive behaviour"

  2. 2
    Directed towards avoidance or escape

    "take evasive action"

Adjective
  1. 1
    deliberately vague or ambiguous wordnet
  2. 2
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire wordnet

Example

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"He was given an evasive answer."

Etymology

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

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