evasive Definition

evasive
adj

1. Intending or intended to evade something, especially trouble or danger.
2. Not honest or open.

Example: an evasive answer
Thesaurus: elusive, devious, misleading, slippery, cagey, disingenuous, sophistical, secretive, ambiguous, indirect, dissembling; Antonym: direct, frank.

Derivative: evasively
adverb

Derivative: evasiveness
noun

Idiom: take evasive action

To move or act in such a way as to avoid an object or consequence.