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evasive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'evasive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Evasive [ a.]
- Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

Meaning of 'evasive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . evasive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- deliberately vague or ambiguous
Example in sentence:
  • an evasive statement;
  • his answers were brief, constrained and evasive
Meaning (2):
- avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
Example in sentence:
  • pilots are taught to take evasive action

Nearby Words:

evacate evacuant evacuate evacuated evacuating evacuation evacuative evacuator evacuatory evade

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