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    e·va·sive
    /əˈvāsiv/

    adjective

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  2. The meaning of EVASIVE is tending or intended to evade : equivocal. How to use evasive in a sentence.

  3. EVASIVE definition: 1. answering questions in a way that is not direct or clear, especially because you do not want to…. Learn more.

  4. EVASIVE meaning: 1. answering questions in a way that is not direct or clear, especially because you do not want to…. Learn more.

  5. Definitions of evasive. adjective. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire. “pilots are taught to take evasive action” synonyms: protective. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind. adjective. deliberately vague or ambiguous. “his answers were brief, constrained and evasive ” “an evasive statement”

  6. If you describe someone as evasive, you mean that they deliberately avoid giving clear direct answers to questions. He was evasive about the circumstances of his first meeting with the president.

  7. Evasive definition: tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion. See examples of EVASIVE used in a sentence.

  8. 1. tending or seeking to evade; avoiding the issue; not straightforward. 2. avoiding or seeking to avoid trouble or difficulties: to take evasive action. 3. hard to catch or obtain; elusive. eˈvasively adv. eˈvasiveness n.

  9. to act in order to avoid danger or an unpleasant situation. The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision. See evasive in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: evasive. Definition of evasive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

  10. EVASIVE definition: 1. trying to avoid talking about something: 2. to do something to avoid an accident or bad…. Learn more.

  11. Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal. An evasive statement. American Heritage. Hard to catch, grasp, etc.; elusive. Webster's New World. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: equivocal. vague. unclear. tricky. prevarication. noncommittal. indefinite. elusory