evasive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective deliberately vague or ambiguous
  2. adjective avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

Etymology

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

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