Associations to the word «Evasive»

Wiktionary

EVASIVE, adjective. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
EVASIVE, adjective. Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.

Dictionary definition

EVASIVE, adjective. Deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement".
EVASIVE, adjective. Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King