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IPA[əˈvāsiv]
adjective
- 1. tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly:
  she was evasive about her phone number
  Synonym : prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, equivocating, indefinite, noncommittal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit, cryptic, enigmatic, obscure, unclear, puzzling, perplexing, gnomic, Delphic, roundabout, indirect, oblique, circumlocutory, circuitous, periphrastic, cagey
- 2. directed toward avoidance or escape:
  they decided to take evasive action
  Synonym : avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding, sidestepping
evasive
- adjective
  tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly:
  directed towards avoidance or escape:
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