evasive

adj
/ɪˈveɪsɪv/

Etymology

From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō.

  1. derived from ēvādō
  2. derived from évasif

Definitions

  1. Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

    • evasive behaviour
    • evasive response
  2. Directed towards avoidance or escape

    • take evasive action
    • evasive manoeuvre

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at evasive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at evasive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at evasive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA