Examples of evasive in a Sentence
She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
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Rogers is naturally bigger than your average player but felt there was scope for improvement in shimmying out of danger and being more evasive against compact teams.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
By leaning on legal technicalities, the Council risks appearing evasive, avoiding a clear position on an issue that deeply concerns our constituents.
—Erin Murphy, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
This is like the weirder Neil Young entry, swirly and evasive, beautiful but uncomfortable.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
But his answers to senators’ questions about his past remarks and whether vaccines cause autism were consistently evasive.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
By leaning on legal technicalities, the Council risks appearing evasive, avoiding a clear position on an issue that deeply concerns our constituents.
—Erin Murphy, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
This is like the weirder Neil Young entry, swirly and evasive, beautiful but uncomfortable.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
But his answers to senators’ questions about his past remarks and whether vaccines cause autism were consistently evasive.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evasive. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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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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