English Explanatory Dictionary

evasive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
  2. Directed towards avoidance or escape

Pronunciation

/ɪˈveɪsɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evasive.wav

Word forms

evasive more evasive most evasive

Etymology

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

Synonyms

elusive slippery shifty cagey elusory sly noncommittal unclear vague equivocal ambiguous tricky deceitful devious

Derived words

evasive action evasively evasiveness immunoevasive inevasive nonevasive unevasive
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