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evasive

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e·va·sive  (-vsv)
adj.
1. Inclined or intended to evade: took evasive action.
2. Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal: an evasive statement.

e·vasive·ly adv.
e·vasive·ness n.

evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv]
adj
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
evasively  adv
evasiveness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.evasive - deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
ambiguous, equivocal - open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
2.evasive - avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
protective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

evasive
adjective
1. deceptive, misleading, indirect, cunning, slippery, tricky, shuffling, devious, oblique, shifty, cagey (informal), deceitful, dissembling, prevaricating, equivocating, sophistical, casuistic, casuistical He was evasive about the circumstances of their first meeting.
deceptive open, direct, straight, frank, straightforward, honest, candid, truthful, guileless, unequivocating
2. avoiding, escaping, circumventing Four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action.
Translations
evasive [ɪˈveɪzɪv] ADJ [answer, person] → evasivo
to be evasive (about sth)mostrarse evasivo(acerca de algo)
to take evasive action (Mil) → adoptar tácticas evasivas
evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj
[person] → évasif/ive
evasive
adjausweichend; he was (very) evasiveer wich (dauernd) aus; they were evasive about itsie redeten drum herum; she was evasive about her intentionssie war ausweichend, was ihre Absichten betraf; to take evasive actionein Ausweichmanöver machen
evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj (answer) → evasivo/a; (person) → sfuggente
to take evasive action → defilarsi
evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj (answer) → evasivo/a; (person) → sfuggente
to take evasive action → defilarsi


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She was his at last, this evasive, long-sought Anne, won after years of patient waiting.
Pontellier, and he gave her evasive answers, framed so as to confirm her belief.
Many would have deemed it an impertinent one, and given an evasive reply; but such an idea never entered my head, and I gave a brief but plain statement of my mother's plans and prospects.
 
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