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Definition of "evasive" []

  • Inclined or intended to evade: took evasive action. (adjective)
  • Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal: an evasive statement. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "evasive" in a sentence
  • " Grissom Machinery Co., for leaving essential words out of their paraphrase of a statute in a complaint, for what he called evasive or dishonest behavior in depositions and for maintaining an inapt claim long after they should have withdrawn it."
  • "District Court for the Northern District of Georgia rapped the plaintiffs lawyers and their client, North Carolina-based Costa & Grissom Machinery Co., for leaving essential words out of their paraphrase of a statute in a complaint, for what he called evasive or dishonest behavior in depositions and for maintaining an inapt claim long after they should have withdrawn it."
  • "Taking a comment out of context and calling it "evasive" is quote-mining."