Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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Still, Trump has been evasive about a specific agency or position.
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Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
The Trump supporters at times boxed in the bus, slowed it down, kept it from exiting the highway and repeatedly forced the bus driver to make evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision, the lawsuit says.
—Nadia Lathan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
The Naval Strike Missile, developed by Norwegian defense company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, can challenge an adversary’s defenses by flying at sea-skimming altitudes and making evasive maneuvers in flight at a range of 115 miles (185 kilometers).
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 27 July 2024
What works for a three-minute single, however, isn’t easily stretched out to 90 minutes, and what is mysterious and evocative or evasive or ironic in a song can be dully matter-of-fact on the screen.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
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Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
The Trump supporters at times boxed in the bus, slowed it down, kept it from exiting the highway and repeatedly forced the bus driver to make evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision, the lawsuit says.
—Nadia Lathan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
The Naval Strike Missile, developed by Norwegian defense company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, can challenge an adversary’s defenses by flying at sea-skimming altitudes and making evasive maneuvers in flight at a range of 115 miles (185 kilometers).
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 27 July 2024
What works for a three-minute single, however, isn’t easily stretched out to 90 minutes, and what is mysterious and evocative or evasive or ironic in a song can be dully matter-of-fact on the screen.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 22 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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