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US
/iˈveɪzɪv, ɪˈveɪzɪv/
]
[ UK /ɪvˈeɪsɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɪvˈeɪsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
deliberately vague or ambiguous
his answers were brief, constrained and evasive
an evasive statement -
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
pilots are taught to take evasive action
How To Use evasive In A Sentence
- Paul's being a bit evasive about this job.
- There have been a number of situations with the young Belgian where had he not taken evasive action he would have been clobbered. The Sun
- At least four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action.
- The pilot took evasive action to avoid a collision with the enemy aircraft.
- I can't possibly comment on that," Paul said evasively.
- Why did he not put his bat down quickly before taking evasive action? Times, Sunday Times
- Never having been confronted with this question before, the usually voluble scientist answers evasively, and it temporarily sinks her mission as Earth's representative to other worlds.
- If employees are particularly evasive with their answers, you may then feel there is sufficient call to begin a disciplinary procedure. Times, Sunday Times
- If this week's world appears frustratingly elusive or evasive, you're not wrong.
- When she questioned Gunther about the future, he was deliberately evasive. THE ENDLESS GAME