evasiveadj.

/ɪˈveɪsɪv/

Etymology: < French évasif, -ive, < Latin ēvās- participial stem of ēvādĕre (see evade v.) + -ive suffix.

1. Of persons: Seeking to evade; addicted to evasion, shuffling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > evasive

shifting1581

shuffling1616

purty1682

evasive1725

shifty1837

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective]

slipperc1000

hinderc1200

slidderya1250

covert1340

unwrast1393

slyc1440

slippery1555

fetching1570

shifting1581

as slippery as an eel1601

roundabout1608

corner-creeping1610

shuffling1616

prevaricatory1645

prevaricative1657

sliverly1674

whifflinga1680

sneak-pasty1681

slid1719

evasive1725

shauchling1755

shifty1837

slab-bridged1845

sneaky1861

pussy-footed1893

sidewinding1902

slithery1902

pussyfooting1926

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 530 Thus he, tho' conscious of th' ætherial Guest, Answer'd evasive of the sly request.

1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) II. 404 The..honest workman will be employed, in preference to..the fraudulent, and evasive.

1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 107 He had been dilatory, evasive, shuffling, and unwilling to pay that which, however unwilling, evasive, and shuffling, he did pay.

2. Of actions or utterances: Tending to evasion; containing or characterized by evasion. Const. of. Esp. in (to take) evasive action: of a pilot, (to take) action designed to avoid having his aircraft attacked; hence, in general use, (to take) action to avoid any kind of trouble or unpleasantness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > evasive > specifically of action or conduct

shuffling1644

elusory1646

elusive1719

evasive1744

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > of actions, words, etc.

sly1387

sinister?1455

slippery1579

shuffling1644

evasorious1687

evasive1744

shiftya1863

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat > evasive action

jouking1513

dodging1593

hide-and-seek1673

on the run?1679

(to take) evasive action1940

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §107 Though evasive arts will, it is feared, prevail so long as distilled spirits of any kind are allowed.

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 20/2 Terms apparently inoffensive, and evasive of their real and essential meaning.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iii. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 60 He has received nothing but evasive promises of future service.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. x. 301 Objections, which the Sub-Prior treated as evasive.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 451 The president, completely taken by surprise, stammered out a few evasive phrases.

1940 War Illustr. 10 Feb. 124/1 The formation opens out and we do a bit of dodging. ‘Evasive Action’ they call it in the official reports.

1941 M. W. Monks in Michie & Graebner Lights of Freedom iv. 58 Fighter pilots' combat reports include ‘I took evasive action’, and the W.A.A.F.s adopted it in describing their adventures on dates.

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) v. 49 There was no established procedure for evasive action. All you needed was fear.

3. Elusive, evanescent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]

flittingc1374

aerya1398

bottomlessa1413

hollowa1529

flittering1549

wanzing1571

aerial1581

slight1585

flit1590

windy1593

filmy1594

tenuous1597

unsubstantial1597

yeasty1598

thingless1599

airy1600

spare1602

spongy1603

insubstantial1607

baselessa1616

thina1616

insolid1618

insubstantiate1621

tenuious1634

bubble1635

thin-spun1638

subventaneous1646

unsubstanceda1658

whipped1673

aericala1678

huffy1678

blatherya1693

naughty1696

substanceless1784

vapoury1818

aeriform1827

airified1837

blow-away1858

non-substantial1858

unbased1860

evasive1881

stuffless1896

fabricless1905

lighter-than-air1909

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]

slidinga900

scrithingOE

henwardOE

swifta1225

short livya1325

passing1340

flittingc1374

shadowy1374

temporalc1384

speedfula1400

transitory?c1400

brittlea1425

unabidingc1430

frail?c1450

indurablec1450

scrithel?c1475

caduke1483

transitorious1492

passanta1500

perishinga1500

caducea1513

fugitive?1518

caducal?1548

quick1548

delible1549

flittering1549

undurable?1555

shadowish1561

fleeting1563

vading1566

flightful1571

wanzing1571

transitive1575

slipping1581

diary1583

unlasting1585

never-lasting1588

flit1590

post-like1594

running1598

short-lived1598

short-winded1598

transient1599

unpermanent1607

flashy1609

of a day1612

passable1613

dureless1614

urgenta1616

waxena1616

decayable1617

horary1620

evanid1626

fugitable1628

short-dated1632

fugacious1635

ephemerala1639

impermanent1653

fungous1655

volatile1655

ephemerousa1660

unimmortal1667

timesome1674

while-being1674

of passage1680

journal1685

ephemeron1714

admovent1727

evanescent1728

meteorous1750

deciduous1763

preterient1786

ephemeridal1795

meteorica1802

meteor1803

ephemerean1804

ephemerid1804

evanescing1805

fleeted1810

fleet1812

unenduring1814

unremaining1817

unimmortalized1839

impersistent1849

flighty1850

uneternal1862

caducous1863

diurnal1866

horarious1866

brisk1879

evasive1881

picaresque1959

1881 C. De Kay Vision of Nimrod vi. 113 Above the cities of the plain the tender Evasive strains dropt gently from the sky.

4. as n. An evasive phrase or speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > in speech

ambagea1413

boutgate1591

fallaciloquence1656

evasivea1734

sidestepping1902

non-speak1960

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) 90 The Party..followed their Game full Cry..without much Trouble about Precautions and Evasives.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) 399 What may not be said and wrote, if this Author's Evasives may pass such as—it seems, many believed?

Derivatives

eˈvasively adv. in an evasive manner, by an evasion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > with evasion

shufflingly1657

evasively1736

shiftily1878

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adverb]

here and therec1300

shiftingly1580

palterly1598

shufflingly1657

evasively1736

wrigglingly1866

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Evasively, craftily, deceitfully.

a1804 J. Bryant (T) I answered evasively, or at least indeterminately.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 502 Searching questions were put, and were evasively answered.

1883 Rules Supreme Court Order xix. i. 19 When a party..denies an allegation of fact..he must not do so evasively.

eˈvasiveness n. the quality of being evasive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun]

tergiversation1570

evasiona1616

slipperiness1656

lubricity1792

shiftiness1839

phenakisma1863

evasiveness1863

pussy-footedness1917

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Evasiveness,..evading Quality.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xiii. 135 That self-justifying evasiveness into which he was often hurried in public.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 288 Most recent controversies are marked by obliqueness, evasiveness, a shiftiness of issue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	evasive
释义	evasiveadj. /ɪˈveɪsɪv/ Etymology: < French évasif, -ive, < Latin ēvās- participial stem of ēvādĕre (see evade v.) + -ive suffix. 1. Of persons: Seeking to evade; addicted to evasion, shuffling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > evasive shifting1581 shuffling1616 purty1682 evasive1725 shifty1837 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] slipperc1000 hinderc1200 slidderya1250 covert1340 unwrast1393 slyc1440 slippery1555 fetching1570 shifting1581 as slippery as an eel1601 roundabout1608 corner-creeping1610 shuffling1616 prevaricatory1645 prevaricative1657 sliverly1674 whifflinga1680 sneak-pasty1681 slid1719 evasive1725 shauchling1755 shifty1837 slab-bridged1845 sneaky1861 pussy-footed1893 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 pussyfooting1926 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 530 Thus he, tho' conscious of th' ætherial Guest, Answer'd evasive of the sly request. 1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) II. 404 The..honest workman will be employed, in preference to..the fraudulent, and evasive. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XV. 107 He had been dilatory, evasive, shuffling, and unwilling to pay that which, however unwilling, evasive, and shuffling, he did pay. 2. Of actions or utterances: Tending to evasion; containing or characterized by evasion. Const. of. Esp. in (to take) evasive action: of a pilot, (to take) action designed to avoid having his aircraft attacked; hence, in general use, (to take) action to avoid any kind of trouble or unpleasantness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > evasive > specifically of action or conduct shuffling1644 elusory1646 elusive1719 evasive1744 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > of actions, words, etc. sly1387 sinister?1455 slippery1579 shuffling1644 evasorious1687 evasive1744 shiftya1863 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat > evasive action jouking1513 dodging1593 hide-and-seek1673 on the run?1679 (to take) evasive action1940 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §107 Though evasive arts will, it is feared, prevail so long as distilled spirits of any kind are allowed. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 20/2 Terms apparently inoffensive, and evasive of their real and essential meaning. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iii. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 60 He has received nothing but evasive promises of future service. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. x. 301 Objections, which the Sub-Prior treated as evasive. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 451 The president, completely taken by surprise, stammered out a few evasive phrases. 1940 War Illustr. 10 Feb. 124/1 The formation opens out and we do a bit of dodging. ‘Evasive Action’ they call it in the official reports. 1941 M. W. Monks in Michie & Graebner Lights of Freedom iv. 58 Fighter pilots' combat reports include ‘I took evasive action’, and the W.A.A.F.s adopted it in describing their adventures on dates. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) v. 49 There was no established procedure for evasive action. All you needed was fear. 3. Elusive, evanescent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 1881 C. De Kay Vision of Nimrod vi. 113 Above the cities of the plain the tender Evasive strains dropt gently from the sky. 4. as n. An evasive phrase or speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > in speech ambagea1413 boutgate1591 fallaciloquence1656 evasivea1734 sidestepping1902 non-speak1960 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) 90 The Party..followed their Game full Cry..without much Trouble about Precautions and Evasives. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) 399 What may not be said and wrote, if this Author's Evasives may pass such as—it seems, many believed? Derivatives eˈvasively adv. in an evasive manner, by an evasion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > with evasion shufflingly1657 evasively1736 shiftily1878 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adverb] here and therec1300 shiftingly1580 palterly1598 shufflingly1657 evasively1736 wrigglingly1866 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Evasively, craftily, deceitfully. a1804 J. Bryant (T) I answered evasively, or at least indeterminately. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 502 Searching questions were put, and were evasively answered. 1883 Rules Supreme Court Order xix. i. 19 When a party..denies an allegation of fact..he must not do so evasively. eˈvasiveness n. the quality of being evasive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Evasiveness,..evading Quality. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xiii. 135 That self-justifying evasiveness into which he was often hurried in public. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 288 Most recent controversies are marked by obliqueness, evasiveness, a shiftiness of issue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1725
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