evasive

See also évasive

English

Adjective

evasive (comparative more evasive, superlative most evasive)

1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
2. Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.

Synonyms

• elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, elusory, sly, noncommital
• unclear, vague, equivocal, ambiguous
• tricky, deceitful, devious

Derived terms

• evasiveness
• unevasive

Translations

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself

• Bulgarian: уклончив (bg) (uklónčiv)
• Finnish: välttelevä (fi), kiertelevä (fi)

• Maori: whakaperori (mi)
• Norwegian: lukket (no), innesluttet (no)
• Russian: уклончивый (ru) (uklónčivyj)

Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action

• Finnish: väistö- (fi)
• Maori: whakaperori (mi)
• Norwegian: unnvikende (no)

• Portuguese: esquivo (pt) m
• Russian: уклоняющийся (ru) (uklonjájuščijsja)

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Italian

Adjective

evasive f

1. Feminine plural form of evasivo