English-Thai Dictionary

evasive

ADJ ซึ่ง ตอบ ไม่ตรงประเด็น  ซึ่ง ตอบ ไม่ ตรง คำถาม  deceptive equivocal misleading sueng-tob-mai-trong-pra-den

 

evasive

ADJ ซึ่ง หลีก หนีปัญหา  ซึ่ง หลีกเลี่ยง ปัญหา  elusive sueng-lik-ni-pan-ha

 

evasively

ADV อย่าง หลีกเลี่ยง  อย่าง หลีกหนี  yang-lik-liang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EVASIVE

a.Using evasion or artifice to avoid; elusive; shuffling; equivocating. He--answered evasive of the sly request.
1. Containing evasion; artfully contrived to elude a question, charge or argument; as an evasive answer; an evasive argument or reasoning.

 

EVASIVELY

adv. By evasion or subterfuge; elusively; in a manner to avoid a direct reply or a charge.

 

EVASIVENESS

n.The quality or state of being evasive.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EVASIVE

E *va "sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. évasif. See Evade. ]

 

Defn: Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope. Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay. -- E *va "sive *ly, adv. -- E *va "sive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

evasive

e va sive |iˈvāsiv əˈveɪsɪv | ▶adjective tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly: she was evasive about her phone number. • directed toward avoidance or escape: they decided to take evasive action . DERIVATIVES e va sive ly adverb, e va sive ness noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin evas- ‘evaded ’ (from the verb evadere ) + -ive .

 

Oxford Dictionary

evasive

eva |sive |ɪˈveɪsɪv | ▶adjective tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly: she was evasive about her phone number. • directed towards avoidance or escape: they decided to take evasive action . DERIVATIVES evasively adverb, evasiveness noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin evas- ‘evaded ’ (from the verb evadere ) + -ive .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

evasive

evasive adjective the judge was infuriated by the defendant's evasive answers: equivocal, prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, noncommittal, vague, inexplicit, unclear; roundabout, indirect; informal cagey, shifty, slippery. WORD SPECTRUM: frank / evasive See frank Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

evasive

evasive adjective 1 they picked the missile up on the radar and had to take evasive action: avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding, sidestepping. ANTONYMS direct. 2 she was undeterred by evasive replies: prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, equivocating, indefinite, non-committal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit; cryptic, enigmatic, obscure, unclear, puzzling, perplexing, gnomic, Delphic; roundabout, indirect, oblique, circumlocutory, circuitous, periphrastic; informal cagey. ANTONYMS frank.

 

French Dictionary

évasivement

évasivement adv. adverbe De façon évasive. : Il répondit évasivement. SYNONYME vaguement .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

evasive

e va sive /ɪvéɪsɪv /形容詞 【話題 質問について 】回避的な ; 責任 [言い ]逃れの «about » ▸ take evasive action (敵機の高射砲火を避けるため )回避行動をとる ～ly 副詞 回避的に ; あいまいに .～ness 名詞 U 責任逃れ ; あいまいさ .