1
[ adjective ] deliberately vague or ambiguous

Examples

"his answers were brief, constrained and evasive" "an evasive statement"

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

Above him slid the evasive shadow of a storm_cloud .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

Replies to requests for character reference are notorious for their evasive double-entendre .

Related terms

equivocal

2
[ adjective ] avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

Examples

"pilots are taught to take evasive action"

Related terms

protective

3
[ adjective ] skillful at eluding capture

Synonyms

elusive

Examples

"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline

Related terms

artful

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