evasive
evasive
Definition
eva·sive (ē vā′siv, i-)
eva′·sively adverb
eva′·sive·ness noun
evasive
Synonyms
evasive
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- issue: The suggestion is that they might have been, once, but they're famously evasive on the issue.
Modifies a noun
- maneuver: This is the secondary evasive maneuver, which will flip your ship around automatically.
- maneuver: Consequently, taking heavy damage with no idea where the attack is coming from ensures evasive maneuvers become guess work which produces mixed results.
- action: The only evasive action I could take was to turn my head slightly, away from his studs.
- tactic: The pilot pursued the light which appeared to then take evasive tactics.
- answer: Recent questions from MPs have been met with evasive answers by the government.
- reply: We can also help you in the event that you receive a negative or evasive reply - don't be put off.
Modifying Another Word
- deliberately: Either the head coach was being deliberately evasive or perhaps Sheridan tripped over a stray cat on the way back to the team bus.
- very: You are being very evasive about your time in the inner circle.
- so: I cannot understand why the Deputy Prime Minister is being so evasive.
- equally: And when it comes to the Virgin Birth the Bishops ' language is equally evasive.
- somewhat: The answer, I thought, was somewhat evasive!
- too: But he is being far too evasive here, and he should not be surprised that suspicions about his intentions are growing.
Used with adjective complement
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