Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - evasive
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1. If you describe someone as evasive, you mean that they deliberately avoid giving clear direct answers to questions. He was evasive about the circumstances of his first meeting with Stanley Dean... ADJ • evasively ‘I can’t possibly comment on that,’ Paul said evasively. ADV: ADV with v • evasiveness She looked at him closely to see if his evasiveness was intentional. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N 2. If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them. At least four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 1637 tending or intended to evade ; equivocal ~ answers • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 seeking to evade something. 2 not direct in one's answers etc. 3 enabling or effecting evasion (evasive action). 4 (of a person) tending to evasion; habitually practising evasion. Derivatives evasively adv. evasiveness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уклончивый evasive answers —- уклончивые ответы evasive promises —- неопределенные обещания 2. еле заметный, неуловимый evasive aroma —- неуловимый аромат 3. уклоняющийся, избегающий evasive of the truth —- уклоняющийся от правдивого ответа ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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