evasive

avoiding direct answer or capture

Roots

Other words with the vad / vas root

  • evade: to avoid or escape
  • invade: to enter forcefully or intrusively
  • invasive: spreading intrusively or entering where unwanted
  • pervade: to spread throughout
  • pervasive: spread throughout or present everywhere

Evasive behavior keeps going away from the point.

Her evasive answer made the interviewer more suspicious.

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