She gave an evasive answer.
They took evasive action to avoid capture.
Recent Examples on the WebEvasiveness About the Past: Dodging personal questions or being evasive about their past, signaling potential issues with transparency and honesty.—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 June 2024 Santa Catalina Island’s evasive mule deer dodged a bullet — or several — on Wednesday.—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024 The evasive answers show how the former president’s refusal to concede his defeat after the 2020 election has ruptured a tenet of American democracy — that candidates are bound by the outcome.—Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 11 May 2024 This evasive answer may have been more than self-depreciation, perhaps also an indication of just how far advanced OpenAI’s current research projects are, which haven’t been commercially deployed.—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for evasive
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Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(4), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
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