'evasive' definitions:

Definition of 'evasive'

From: WordNet
adjective
Deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
adjective
Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"

Definition of 'evasive'

From: GCIDE
  • evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif. 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. -- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]