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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. intentionally vague or ambiguous;
[syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif. See Evade.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. [1913 Webster] Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay. -- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

evasiveness \e*va"siv*eness\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v*n[e^]s), n. Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a question while trying to seem as though one is answering. Syn: equivocation. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

evasiveness n 1: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness]