US /ɪˈveɪsɪv/
adj Freq #15857

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    deliberately vague or ambiguous

    Their answers were brief, constrained and evasive.

  2. 2
    adj

    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

    Pilots are taught to take evasive action.

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Forms evasively
Derived forms evasivelyevasivenessimmunoevasiveinevasivenonevasiveunevasive
Related forms evade

Etymology

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

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