evasive

adjective

/ɪˈveɪ·sɪv/

Definition

› done in order to avoid something: Are you being deliberately evasive? The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid the other plane.

(Definition of evasive adjective from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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