E‐va″sive (?), a. [Cf. F. évasif. See Evade.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope.
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay.
— E‐va″sive‐ly, adv. — E‐va″sive‐ness, n.