Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
Often, leaders who hate conflict will either avoid these conversations or be evasive when discussing performance.
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New York Times columnist Bret Stephens criticized Harris for being evasive to the press late last month on Real Time with Bill Maher.
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These remarks can feel evasive, and also like attempts to veer away from the urge to decode Solondz’s provocations.
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Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
Often, leaders who hate conflict will either avoid these conversations or be evasive when discussing performance.
—Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens criticized Harris for being evasive to the press late last month on Real Time with Bill Maher.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
These remarks can feel evasive, and also like attempts to veer away from the urge to decode Solondz’s provocations.
—Elena Saavedra Buckley, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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evasive
adjective
eva·sive
i-ˈvā-siv 
-ziv
: tending or meant to evade
gave an evasive answer
evasively
adverb
evasiveness
noun
Legal Definition
evasive
adjective
eva·sive
i-ˈvā-siv, -ziv
: tending or intending to evade
Note: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(4), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
evasively
adverb
evasiveness
noun
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