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| | evasiveness | n. Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a question while trying to seem as though one is answering.
Syn. -- equivocation. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | evasive | a. [ Cf. F. évasif. 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 request. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay. -- E*va"sive*ly , adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | evasive | (อีเว'ซิฟว) adj. เป็นการหลบหลีก, |
| | evasive | (adj) ซึ่งหลีกเลี่ยง, ซึ่งหลบหนี, เป็นข้อแก้ตัว, เป็นการบอกปัด |
| | | | เบี่ยงบ่าย | [bīengbāi] (v) EN: avoid ; evade ; dodge ; shirk ; equivocate ; talk evasively FR: éviter ; esquisser | | บิดพลิ้ว | [bitphliū] (v) EN: shirk one's duty ; equivocate ; procrastinate ; be evasive ; evade; refuse to admit; shirk | | เลี่ยง | [līeng] (v) EN: avoid ; evade ; avert ; get around ; be evasive FR: éviter ; échapper ; contourner ; fuir ; éluder | | เสพูด | [sē phūt] (v, exp) EN: be evasive ; be foxy FR: détourner la conversation ; être évasif | | ถอยฉาก | [thøichāk] (v) EN: make a strategic retreat ; make an evasive retreat | | ติดสำนวน | [titsamnūan] (v) EN: use flowery language ; use evasive phrases |
| | | evasive | (adj) deliberately vague or ambiguous, Example: his answers were brief, constrained and evasive; an evasive statement | | evasive | (adj) avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire, Example: pilots are taught to take evasive action | | evasive answer | (n) (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint | | evasively | (adv) with evasion; in an evasive manner, Example: her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were |
| | お茶を濁す | [おちゃをにごす, ochawonigosu] (exp, v5s) (1) to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; (2) to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; (3) to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; (4) to make do with [Add to Longdo] | | のらりくらり;ぬらりくらり | [norarikurari ; nurarikurari] (adv, vs, adv-to) (on-mim) lazy; evasive; non-commital; slippery as an eel [Add to Longdo] | | 回避的 | [かいひてき, kaihiteki] (adj-na) evasive [Add to Longdo] | | 言い抜ける;言抜ける | [いいぬける, iinukeru] (v1, vt) to explain away; to answer evasively [Add to Longdo] | | 言葉を濁す | [ことばをにごす, kotobawonigosu] (exp, v5s) to be evasive; to not commit oneself [Add to Longdo] | | 顧みて他を言う | [かえりみてたをいう, kaerimitetawoiu] (exp, v5u) to give an evasive answer [Add to Longdo] | | 歯切れが悪い | [はぎれがわるい, hagiregawarui] (exp, adj-i) inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive [Add to Longdo] | | 歯切れの悪い | [はぎれのわるい, hagirenowarui] (exp, adj-i) inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive [Add to Longdo] | | 小心姑息 | [しょうしんこそく, shoushinkosoku] (n, adj-na) timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) [Add to Longdo] | | 茶を濁す | [ちゃをにごす, chawonigosu] (exp, v5s) to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen. [Add to Longdo] |
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