Evasive Definition

ĭ-vāsĭv
adjective
Tending or seeking to evade; not straightforward; tricky; equivocal.
Webster's New World
Inclined or intended to evade.
Took evasive action.
American Heritage
Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal.
An evasive statement.
American Heritage
Hard to catch, grasp, etc.; elusive.
Webster's New World
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
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Origin of Evasive

  • From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō

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Evasive Sentence Examples

  • I know, and I guess I was deliberately a little evasive because I wanted you to learn to trust me.

  • Deidre was evasive about what happened though she, too, was insistent that the terms were complete.

  • Megan is being very evasive about where she spent her weekend.

  • Persia claimed the principality of Herat as part of the empire of Nadir, but her pretensions had been satisfied by payments of tribute or evasive replies.

  • No notice was taken by the king of this famous, though somewhat evasive, reply, but the judges were again asked what course they would take in the special case now before them.

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