To be evasive is to avoid something, whether it's a touchy subject or the person who's "it" in a game of tag.
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Adjective S.
skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
Adjective S.
deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
Adjective S.
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
a.
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive;
shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Evasive
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request.
Stammered out a few evasive phrases.--
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Usage Examples
I'm not being evasive but I am saying I'm not a scientist and I'm not directly involved in the consultation however the science must be sound, it must be agreed and the consultation must be of a high quality or no one will have any confidence in the process.
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