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.

   evasive behaviour

   evasive response

2. Directed towards avoidance or escape

   take evasive action

   evasive manoeuvre

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• evasive action
• evasively
• evasiveness
• immunoevasive
• inevasive
• nonevasive
• unevasive

Translations

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself

• Bulgarian: укло́нчив (bg) (uklónčiv)
• Catalan: evasiu
• 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)
• Esperanto: evitema
• Finnish: välttelevä (fi), kiertelevä (fi)
• French: évasif (fr)
• German: vorsichtig (de), zugeknöpft (de), glatt wie ein Aal sein (de)
• Māori: whakaperori
• Norwegian: lukket (no), innesluttet
• Russian: укло́нчивый (ru) (uklónčivyj)

Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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