evasive

e·va·sive  (-vsv)

adj.

1. Inclined or intended to evade: took evasive action.

2. Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal: an evasive statement.

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e·vasive·ly adv.

e·vasive·ness n.

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evasive

Adjective

1. seeking to evade; not straightforward: an evasive answer

2. avoiding or seeking to avoid trouble or difficulties: evasive action

evasively adv

Thesaurus

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"

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evasive

adjective 1. deceptive, misleading, indirect, cunning, slippery, tricky, shuffling, devious, oblique, shifty, cagey (informal) deceitful, dissembling, prevaricating, equivocating, sophistical, casuistic, casuistical << OPPOSITE straightforward

2. avoiding, escaping, circumventing

Translations

evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj → evasivo

evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj → évasif/ive

evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] evasion adj → ausweichend;

to take evasive action → ein Ausweichmanöver machen

evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj → evasivo/a