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evasiveness
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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.
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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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evasiveness
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | evasiveness
n 1: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation,
prevarication, evasiveness] |
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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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