evasive

Adjective Satellite

• deliberately vague or ambiguous
  • "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"
  • "an evasive statement"
• avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
  • "pilots are taught to take evasive action"

Adj

• Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
• Directed towards avoidance or escape

Adjective

• Tending to avoid commitment or direct answers.

Examples

• evasive behaviour
• evasive manoeuvre
• evasive response
• His EVASIVE plays kept his opponent guessing his next move.
• take evasive action

Synonyms

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

Anagrams of evasive