EVASIVE

evasive. Evasive, a. elusive, equivocating, shuffling, sly

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E‐va″sive (?), a. [[Cf. F. évasif. See Evade.]] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope. Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay. — E‐va″sive‐ly , adv. — E‐va″sive‐ness, n.