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evasive

/ɪˈveɪsɪv/

evasive adjective: tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

Adjective

evasive (comparative more evasive, superlative most evasive)

  1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
    • evasive behaviour
    • evasive response
  2. Directed towards avoidance or escape
    • take evasive action
    • evasive manoeuvre

evasive meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

evasive in Hindi

टालमटोल करने वाला

evasive in Marathi

टाळाटाळ करणारा

evasive in Urdu

evasive
اجتناب سے ijtināb se

evasive in Bengali

এড়ানিমূলক, চতুরতাপূর্ণ
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evasive in Malayalam
ഒഴിഞ്ഞുമാറുന്ന, അവ്യക്തമായ, കടമചെയ്യാത്ത
evasive in Punjabi
ਟਾਲਮਿਲਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ

Examples of evasive in a sentence

  • You're taking evasive action out of a clear commitment once again.
  • There was no time to take evasive action, and the airship was caught in a violent upcurrent.
  • Right, now I'll try to get on your tail and I want you to take evasive action.

All 17 example sentences with evasive

Synonyms of evasive

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Forms of evasive

comparativemore evasive
superlativemost evasive

Origin of evasive

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

Words formed from evasive

Phrases with evasive

Questions about evasive

What does evasive mean?
Evasive means tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
What is evasive in Hindi?
Evasive in Hindi is टालमटोल करने वाला. See Evasive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is evasive?
Evasive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce evasive?
Evasive is pronounced /ɪˈveɪsɪv/.

Words near evasive in the dictionary

  1. evasin
  2. evasins
  3. evasion
  4. evasional
  5. evasions
  6. evasive
  7. evasive action
  8. evasive actions
  9. evasively
  10. evasiveness
  11. evasivenesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: evasive (page history and authors); evasive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evasive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اجتناب سے (Urdu) (page history and authors); Evasive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evasive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evasive (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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