evasive

See also: évasive

English

Etymology

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈveɪsɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

evasive (comparative more evasive, superlative most evasive)

1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
2. Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.

Synonyms

• elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, elusory, sly, noncommittal
• unclear, vague, equivocal, ambiguous
• tricky, deceitful, devious

Derived terms

• evasive action
• evasiveness
• unevasive

Translations

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself

• Bulgarian: укло́нчив (bg) (uklónčiv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迴避／回避 (zh) (huíbì), 閃爍其詞／闪烁其词 (zh) (shǎnshuòqící), 含糊其辭／含糊其辞 (zh) (hánhú qí cí), 顧左右而言他／顾左右而言他 (zh) (gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā)

• Czech: vyhýbavý (cs)
• Finnish: välttelevä (fi), kiertelevä (fi)
• French: évasif (fr)
• German: vorsichtig (de), zugeknöpft (de)
• Maori: whakaperori
• Norwegian: lukket (no), innesluttet
• Russian: укло́нчивый (ru) (uklónčivyj)

Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action

• Catalan: evasiu
• Finnish: väistö-
• German: ausweichend (de)
• Maori: whakaperori, whakatītaha
• Norwegian: unnvikende (no)
• Occitan: evasiu
• Portuguese: esquivo (pt)
• Russian: уклоня́ющийся (ru) (uklonjájuščijsja)
• Spanish: evasivo

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

evasive

1. inflection of evasiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

evasive

1. feminine plural of evasivo