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evasive
(encz) | evasive,vyhýbavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
evasive
(gcide) | evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif.
See Evade.]
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
avoiding by artifice.
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Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
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Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.
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evasive
(wn) | evasive
adj 1: deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief,
constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
2: avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially
enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action" |
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evasive action
(encz) | evasive action,úhybný manévr n: [voj.] Petr Menšík |
evasive answer
(encz) | evasive answer,vyhýbavá odpověď n: Petr Menšík |
evasively
(encz) | evasively,vyhýbavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
evasiveness
(encz) | evasiveness,vyhýbavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Evasively
(gcide) | evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif.
See Evade.]
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
avoiding by artifice.
[1913 Webster]
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.
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Evasiveness
(gcide) | evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif.
See Evade.]
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
avoiding by artifice.
[1913 Webster]
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]evasiveness \e*va"siv*eness\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v*n[e^]s), n.
Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a
question while trying to seem as though one is answering.
Syn: equivocation.
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evasiveness
(gcide) | evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif.
See Evade.]
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
avoiding by artifice.
[1913 Webster]
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]evasiveness \e*va"siv*eness\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v*n[e^]s), n.
Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a
question while trying to seem as though one is answering.
Syn: equivocation.
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evasive action
(wn) | evasive action
n 1: an action aimed at evading an opponent [syn: maneuver,
manoeuvre, evasive action] |
evasive answer
(wn) | evasive answer
n 1: (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny
the allegations set forth in the complaint |
evasively
(wn) | evasively
adv 1: 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" |
evasiveness
(wn) | evasiveness
n 1: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation,
prevarication, evasiveness] |
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