evasive
See also: évasive
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Etymology edit
From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.
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Adjective edit
evasive (comparative more evasive, superlative most evasive)
- Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
- Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.
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- elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, elusory, sly, noncommittal
- unclear, vague, equivocal, ambiguous
- tricky, deceitful, devious
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Translations edit
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself
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Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action
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evasive
- inflection of evasiv:
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evasive