Meaning

2 senses
  1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

    evasive behaviour

    evasive response

    vorsichtig, zugeknöpft, glatt wie ein Aal sein

    укло́нчивыйuklónčivyj

  2. Directed towards avoidance or escape

    take evasive action

    evasive manoeuvre

    ausweichend

    уклоня́ющийсяuklonjájuščijsja

More definitions
  • deliberately vague or ambiguous
  • avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

Examples

33 sentences
  1. I tried to be evasive.

    Я намагався уникати прямої відповіді.

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  2. Why were you being so evasive?

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  3. Tom is being evasive, isn't he?

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  4. Why are you being so evasive?

    deWarum drückst du dich so ausweichend aus?

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  5. Tom is being evasive again, isn't he?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself:
Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself:
Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action:

Origin

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

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