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evasive
adj
- 1. Intending or intended to evade something, especially trouble or danger.
2. Not honest or open.
- Example: an evasive answer
- Thesaurus: elusive, devious, misleading, slippery, cagey, disingenuous, sophistical, secretive, ambiguous, indirect, dissembling; Antonym: direct, frank.
adverb
noun
- To move or act in such a way as to avoid an object or consequence.
