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evasive

/ɪˈveɪsɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈveɪsɪv/
ɪˈveɪsɪv
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ɪ - ˈveɪsɪv -> evasive

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ရှောင်တိမ်းလိုသော။ရှောင်တိမ်းရန်ကြိုးစားသော။

Full entry

evasive /Ç'veÇsÇv/ adj

၁။ မပွင့်လင်းသော။ ကွေ့လည်ကြောင်ပတ် လုပ်သော။ လှီးလွှဲလိုသော။
an evasive answer ❍ The doctors were somewhat evasive when describing his condition.
၂။ တိမ်းသော။ ရှောင်သော။
The ship had to take evasive action in order to avoid a collision. evasively adv evasiveness n [U]: Politicians are often accused of evasiveness.

More examples
  • A series of evasive replies
  • [evasive about] : The president remains evasive about the site of the proposed nuclear tests.
Synonyms
elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, hard to pin down, equivocal, ambiguous, vague, casuistic, casuistical, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, devious, dissembling, double dealing, elusory, equivocating, false, fugitive, greasy, indirect, intangible, lying, misleading, oblique, phoniness, prevaricating, shuffling, sly, sophistical, stonewalling, tricky, unclear
Antonyms
clear, definite, direct, forthright, honest, ready, straight, straightforward, truthful
Cross references
elusiveslipperyshiftycageyhard to pin downequivocalambiguousvaguecasuisticcasuisticalcunningdeceitfuldeceptivedeviousdissemblingdouble dealingelusoryequivocatingfalsefugitivegreasyindirectintangiblelyingmisleadingobliquephoninessprevaricating
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