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Meanings of evasive in English

Evasive.

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Evasive.

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Elusive.

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Examples for "elusive"
1
Extra profit from two companies selling each others' products often proves elusive.
Reuters
2
Aims: Effective prevention of recurrent pericarditis remains an important yet elusive goal.
Pubmed
3
However, a sale has proven elusive amid cost and technology transfer issues.
Reuters
4
Exactly where Megrahi fits into the elusive story is not absolutely clear.
The Guardian
5
The neural basis for the addictive nature of benzodiazepines, however, remains elusive.
Pubmed
Usage of evasive in English
1
The discovery of the evasive action could be good news, said Andersen.
The Guardian
2
But although she'd tried several times to question him, he remained evasive.
Millionaire's women
3
When his father asked about his wife, the answer was always evasive.
The Neverending Story
4
Do avoid being dismissive or evasive when it comes to accepting responsibility!
The South African
5
The Forell tales were evasive and preparatory as well as vaguely instructive.
Indirection
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And she couldn't tell if his tone was simply distracted or evasive.
The Flanders Panel
7
When she'd asked him what had happened to Nolan, he'd been evasive.
New york: the novel
8
When I ask who her influences are, though, she becomes evasive again.
The Guardian
9
It was painfully easy to tell when Lord Bedlow was being evasive.
In for a penny
10
This would indicate that the driver was trying to take evasive action.
The Irish Times
11
Also, I was pretty evasive about what I wanted the money for.
The dog said bow-wow
12
All ships are to conduct random evasive movements within their assigned positions.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
13
The story was extracted piecemeal, and was given in rambling, evasive fashion.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
14
Frost's usually gentle style changed, and he harangued the increasingly evasive Savundra.
The Guardian
15
Then, as he replied only in sentences sad and evasive, she said:
The Red Lily — Volume 03
16
The first two hit their mark before the collector took evasive action.
Bedlam
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common