Word "EVASIVE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
Examples:
pilots are taught to take evasive action

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
deliberately vague or ambiguous
Examples:
his answers were brief, constrained and evasive
an evasive statement

Crossword Clues for EVASIVE

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Type of action taken in order to dodge the issue? (7)
Avoiding the issue (7)
Dodgy vase I've replaced (7)
Cagey about vase I've broken
Unwilling to answer directly (7)
Tending to elude
First lady holding a false visa ___ that's dodgy (7)
Four in English vessel are secretive (7)
Dodging, shuffling (7)
Deceitful, tricky
Answering with a question, maybe Wall Street Journal 07 Feb 2024
Shifty or equivocal (7)
Elusive Mirror Tea Time 17 Jan 2024
Volatile
Devious woman tempted to hold back travel permit (7)
Held up by the visa: very devious! The Sun Two Speed 12 Dec 2023
Avoiding commitment The Sun Two Speed 12 Dec 2023
'I have to save up first' is being shifty (7)
Shifty, cagey (7) Puzzler 13 Nov 2023
Hard to pin down The Guardian Quick 01 Sep 2023
Not forthcoming Newsday 03 Feb 2023
Dodgy Premier Sunday 18 Dec 2022
Like tricky maneuvers Universal 07 Dec 2022
Virginia is upset when detained by Adam's mate being equivocal The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Oct 2022
Cunning female pockets credit card when standing up
Shifty The Telegraph Quick 27 May 2022
It's not clear to first lady holding up travel permit Irish Times Crosaire 19 Mar 2022
Intentionally indirect Universal 05 Feb 2022
Answering with a question, perhaps Wall Street Journal 31 Jan 2022
Shifty The Guardian Quick 21 Jan 2022
Excluding tips, this compiler's misleading The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Oct 2021
Difficult to pin down Thomas Joseph 16 Aug 2021
Roundabout very like one's stuck in the night before
Avoiding commitment The Times Concise 13 Jul 2021
Equivocal The Telegraph Quick 06 Jun 2021
Woman without travel papers picked up, not answering questions
Far from forthcoming Universal 02 Mar 2021
It's not clear to first lady holding up travel permit Irish Times Crosaire 13 Feb 2021
Devious lady gets back work permit
Devious woman primarily serving in village eatery
Hard to follow The Washington Post 20 Mar 2020
Hard to follow LA Times Daily 20 Mar 2020
Refusing to answer directly New York Times 15 Mar 2020
Roundabout very like one seen during the day before
   Second person carrying rejected travel permit becomes shifty
Avoiding commitment The Sun Two Speed 06 Nov 2019
Secretive English quartet in vessel The Sun Two Speed 06 Nov 2019
Avoiding commitment The Times Concise 15 Oct 2019
Shifty Universal 28 Sep 2019
Shifty; equivocating The Telegraph Quick 28 Aug 2019
Slippery English quartet aboard vessel The Sun Two Speed 09 Aug 2019
Deceitful guard returns one's valise after removing contents
Part of online Visa verification for review: it's not straightforward
To prevent doing an about-face Poins has to become devious
Dodgy Premier Sunday 21 Apr 2019
Deliberately vague The Telegraph Quick 17 Mar 2019
Quibbling first woman carrying credit card that's rejected The Telegraph Toughie 07 Mar 2019
Held up by the visa — very devious! The Sun Two Speed 22 Jan 2019
Aiming to dodge
Shifty
Devious girl conceals endorsement that's turned up
Devious English quartet boarding vessel The Sun Two Speed 18 Jul 2018
Like many a politician's answers The Washington Post 08 Jul 2018
Like many a politician's answers LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2018
Visa Eve ordered not forthcoming The Sun Two Speed 09 Jun 2018
Cagey The Sun Two Speed 25 Mar 2018
Devious girl holding returning visa The Sun Two Speed 25 Mar 2018
Slippery Thomas Joseph 16 Mar 2018
Cunning woman hides travel document when going west
. Dev, as I ventured, is deceptive
First woman carrying official document recalled as devious The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Feb 2018
Like many a politician's answers
Slippery, sinful indiv­idual steals credit card back
Vague The Telegraph Quick 12 Nov 2017
Is that not Frank with first lady holding up travel permit? Irish Times Crosaire 04 Nov 2017
Like users of weasel words USA Today 08 Aug 2017
Cagey girl the writer's taken round Scotland's capital
Devious The Telegraph Quick 06 Jul 2017
First lady's visa rejected - It's hard to obtain!
Very hard to capture Universal 29 Apr 2017
Backing budget that is outwardly very vague
Woman holding up entry form is dodgy
Devious setter's after free backing
Very hard to capture
Like users of weasel words
Extensive PR issued; is deceitful
Held up by the visa, very hard to pin down?
Deliberately vague Universal 02 Nov 2016
Not forthcoming Newsday 29 Oct 2016
Hard to pin down Jonesin 16 Aug 2016
Slippery base on vessel with drip therein The Telegraph Toughie 17 Jun 2016
Shifty first mate holding traveller's document up The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Apr 2016
Backing some questionable visa very shifty! The Sun Two Speed 15 Feb 2016
Deliberately vague
Difficult to pin down Thomas Joseph 16 Sep 2015
Cunning first lady holds back travel document
Hard to pin down
Starts to express vexation when setter's vague
Slippery vase I've broken
Like some press conference answers
Not forthcoming
Not forthcoming
Dodgy
Hardly forthcoming
Hard to nail down
Hard to nail down
Slippery as an eel
Not to the point, say
Deliberately vague
Equivocal
Slippery
Slippery
Not open
Anything but straightforward
Hard to nail down
Anything but straightforward
Intended to avoid
Shifty
Like a waffler
Hard to pin down
Slippery
Not frank
Intentionally noncommittal
Weaselly
Tricky rescue set up I have to follow
Less than frank
Equivocal
Like some action
Shifty
Like some military maneuvers
Not direct
Equivocating
Doing some shuffling
Not straightforward
Far from forthright
Hard to pin down.
Equivocal.
Shifty.
Tricky.
Deceitful.
Not frank.
Refusing to be pinned down.
Avoiding direct reply.
Sidestepping.
Hard to pin down
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