adjective
- tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion: an evasive answer.
- elusive or evanescent.
adjective
- tending or seeking to evade; avoiding the issue; not straightforward
- avoiding or seeking to avoid trouble or difficultiesto take evasive action
- hard to catch or obtain; elusive
adj.1725, from French évasif, from Latin evas-, past participle stem of evadere (see evasion). Related: Evasively; evasiveness.