MEANING
1. Avoiding a direct answer, commitment, or disclosure.
2. Designed to avoid pursuit, contact, or danger.
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- evasive answer
- evasive manner
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The witness gave an evasive answer.
Her evasive manner increased his suspicion.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more evasive; superlative most evasive where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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