[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

evasive \eva"sive\ -ev=a"si^v, a. cf. f. 'evasif.
   see evade.
   tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
   avoiding by artifice.
   1913 webster

         thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
         answered evasive of the sly request.     --pope.
   1913 webster

         stammered out a few evasive phrases.     --macaulay.
   -- eva"sively, adv. -- eva"siveness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
evade eva"sively eva"siveness 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

evasiveness \eva"siveness\ -ev=a"si^vne^s, n.
   deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a
   question while trying to seem as though one is answering.

   syn: equivocation.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

evasiveness
     n : intentionally vague or ambiguous syn: equivocation, prevarication
see also:
equivocation prevarication 

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