Found 2 items, similar to Evasiveness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: evasiveness evasiveness n : intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation, prevarication]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Evasiveness 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]