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Evasive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Evasive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

deliberately vague or ambiguous

"his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"

"an evasive statement"

2

avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

"pilots are taught to take evasive action"

3

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

Example Sentences
"his answers were brief, constrained and evasive" adjective
"an evasive statement" adjective
"pilots are taught to take evasive action" adjective
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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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