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 [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

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 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

adj → ausweichend; he was (very) evasive → er wich (dauernd) aus; they were evasive about it → sie redeten drum herum; she was evasive about her intentions → sie war ausweichend, was ihre Absichten betraf; to take evasive action → ein Ausweichmanöver machen

evasive [ɪˈveɪsɪv] adj (answer) → evasivo/a; (person) → sfuggente
to take evasive action → defilarsi