Synonyms for evasiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-vey-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈveɪ sɪv |
Définition of evasiveness
Origin :- 1725, from French évasif, from Latin evas-, past participle stem of evadere (see evasion). Related: Evasively; evasiveness.
- noun avoidance
- He took care of Poseidon's sea-calves and was famous for his evasiveness.
- Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
- Louise caught the hollowness, the evasiveness, of the explanation.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- That the pair had some deeply-laid scheme on hand I knew from their evasiveness.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of Potsdam » by William Le Queux
- He talked freely, and all evidence of suspiciousness or evasiveness was absent.
- Extract from : « Studies in Forensic Psychiatry » by Bernard Glueck
- The act of speaking in a round about way; particularly a studied indirectness or evasiveness of speech.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
- Parker's manner had been evasive from the first, but at this the evasiveness became a highly concentrated unconcern.
- Extract from : « Stories of the Foot-hills » by Margaret Collier Graham
- Happy is the child who is not left to draw his own conclusions from the silence and evasiveness of his parents.
- Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
- She had no penchant for evasiveness, and coquetry was apart from her; she spoke words that her heart brimmed to her lips.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- Laura, at bay, unready for a pronouncement, took another ditch of evasiveness.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- It was a thrilling contest between obstinacy and evasiveness.
- Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, September 10, 1892 » by Various
Antonyms for evasiveness
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