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• evasive — eva·sive /i vā siv, ziv/ adj: tending or intending to evade ◇ Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3), 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… …   Law dictionary

• Evasive Action (webcomic) — Evasive Action is a current series of webstrips written by Paul Ens and illustrated by Thomas Hodges that are set in the Star Wars galaxy. The series are published online, exclusively on Star Wars Hyperspace , beginning in October 2004. Together… …   Wikipedia

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• evasive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to avoid commitment or self revelation. 2) directed towards avoidance or escape: evasive action. DERIVATIVES evasively adverb evasiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

• evasive answer — n. An answer that avoids a straightforward response, neither denying nor confirming something. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• evasive action — index avoidance (evasion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• evasive reasoning — index sophistry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• evasive — 1725, from Fr. évasif, from L. evas , pp. stem of evadere (see EVASION (Cf. evasion)). Related: Evasively; evasiveness …   Etymology dictionary

• evasive — [adj] deceitful, tricky ambiguous, cagey, casuistic, casuistical, cunning, deceptive, devious, dissembling, elusive, elusory, equivocating, false, fugitive, greasy, indirect, intangible, lying, misleading, oblique, prevaricating, shifty,… …   New thesaurus

• evasive — [ē vā′siv, ivā′siv] adj. [< L evasus (see EVASION) + IVE] 1. tending or seeking to evade; not straightforward; tricky; equivocal 2. hard to catch, grasp, etc.; elusive evasively adv. evasiveness n …   English World dictionary

• evasive — e|va|sive [ıˈveısıv] adj 1.) not willing to answer questions directly evasive about ▪ Paul s being a bit evasive about this job. ▪ an evasive reply 2.) take evasive action to move or do something quickly to avoid someone being hurt ▪ Both pilots… …   Dictionary of contemporary English