adj. avoiding the issue; not straightforward: "an evasive statement"

adj. deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

adj. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"

adj. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"

adj. skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline

adj. implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"

adj. poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech"

adj. characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"

adj. roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"

adj. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

adj. not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"

adj. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"

adj. derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps; "a thirdhand report"

adj. hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"

adj. subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

adj. having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"

adj. not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"

adj. (used of e.g. coatings) protecting against accumulation of barnacles etc on underwater surfaces; "antifouling paint"; "antifouling chemicals"

adj. warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze

adj. saving from harm or loss; "serves a conserving function"

adj. capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications"

adj. "provided covering fire for the platoon that was moving up"

adj. providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"

adj. providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"

adj. overly protective; "overprotective parents"

adj. tending or having the power to preserve; "timbers should be treated with a preservative substance"

adj. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

adj. providing or ensuring safety

adj. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

adj. close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot"

adj. open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"