evasiveness
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American soundevasiveness
evasiveness
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e - va - si - ve - ness -> evasiveness
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n [U] မပွင့်မလင်း။ ဝေ့လည်ကြောင်ပတ် ။
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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.
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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
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