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[syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
evasiveness
n 1: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation,
prevarication, evasiveness]