evasive

Определение evasive в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself; Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action; {a} elusive, equivocating, shuffling, sly; deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"; avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"; Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice; {s} avoiding, tending to shirk, elusive; If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them. At least four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action; skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline; If you describe someone as evasive, you mean that they deliberately avoid giving clear direct answers to questions. He was evasive about the circumstances of his first meeting with Stanley Dean + evasively eva·sive·ly `I can't possibly comment on that,' Paul said evasively. + evasiveness eva·sive·ness She looked at him closely to see if his evasiveness was intentional; deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement" avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action; avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action; slipskin
evasive answer: misleading reply, deceptive response, cagey answer, indirect answer
evasive answer: (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
evasively: {a} in an evasive or sly manner
evasively: by avoidance, in an evasive manner
evasively: with evasion; in an evasive manner; "her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were
evasively: in an evasive manner
evasiveness: {i} quality of being evasive, tendency to shirk or avoid
evasiveness: The quality of being evasive
evasiveness: intentionally vague or ambiguous