"evasive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈveɪsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evasive.wav Forms: more evasive [comparative], most evasive [superlative]
Etymology: From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|évasif}} French évasif, {{uder|en|la|ēvādō}} Latin ēvādō Head templates: {{en-adj}} evasive (comparative more evasive, superlative most evasive)
  1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself. Translations (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself): укло́нчив (uklónčiv) (Bulgarian), evasiu (Catalan), 迴避 /回避 (huíbì) (Chinese Mandarin), 閃爍其詞 /闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící) (Chinese Mandarin), 含糊其辭 /含糊其辞 (hánhú qí cí) (Chinese Mandarin), 顧左右而言他 /顾左右而言他 (gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā) (Chinese Mandarin), vyhýbavý (Czech), evitema (Esperanto), välttelevä (Finnish), kiertelevä (Finnish), évasif (French), vorsichtig (German), zugeknöpft (German), glatt wie ein Aal sein (German), whakaperori (Maori), lukket (Norwegian), innesluttet (Norwegian), укло́нчивый (uklónčivyj) (Russian)
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  2. Directed towards avoidance or escape Translations (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action): iheskor (Basque), evasiu (Catalan), väistö- (Finnish), ausweichend (German), whakaperori (Maori), whakatītaha (Maori), unnvikende (Norwegian), evasiu (Occitan), esquivo (Portuguese), уклоня́ющийся (uklonjájuščijsja) (Russian), evasivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-evasive-en-adj-puxBjtFX Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: evasive action, evasively, evasiveness, immunoevasive, inevasive, nonevasive, unevasive
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "elusive"
    },
    {
      "word": "slippery"
    },
    {
      "word": "shifty"
    },
    {
      "word": "cagey"
    },
    {
      "word": "elusory"
    },
    {
      "word": "sly"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncommittal"
    },
    {
      "word": "unclear"
    },
    {
      "word": "vague"
    },
    {
      "word": "equivocal"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguous"
    },
    {
      "word": "tricky"
    },
    {
      "word": "deceitful"
    },
    {
      "word": "devious"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "uklónčiv",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "укло́нчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "evasiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "huíbì",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "迴避 /回避"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "shǎnshuòqící",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "閃爍其詞 /闪烁其词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "hánhú qí cí",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "含糊其辭 /含糊其辞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "顧左右而言他 /顾左右而言他"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "vyhýbavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "evitema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "välttelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "kiertelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "évasif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "vorsichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "zugeknöpft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "glatt wie ein Aal sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "whakaperori"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "lukket"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "innesluttet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "uklónčivyj",
      "sense": "Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself",
      "word": "укло́нчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "iheskor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "evasiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "väistö-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "ausweichend"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "whakaperori"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "whakatītaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "unnvikende"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "evasiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "esquivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "uklonjájuščijsja",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "уклоня́ющийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action",
      "word": "evasivo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evasive"
}

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