Hypertext Webster Gateway: "evasiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Evasive \E*va"sive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
evasiveness
n 1: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: {equivocation}, {prevarication}]
2: deliberate vagueness or ambiguity [syn: {equivocation}]
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