evasive :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

There are no items for this category

evasive

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

evasive

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

evasive

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

enigmatic, oracular

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"

elusive

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

silent, tacit, understood

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

unintelligible

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

allusive

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

backhanded

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"

circuitous, roundabout

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"

tortuous

adj. not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"

digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling

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"

thirdhand

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

mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed

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

questionable, doubtful

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

double, forked

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

unclear

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

antifouling

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

cautionary, prophylactic

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

preserving, conserving

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

contraceptive, prophylactic, antifertility

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

covering

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

safekeeping, custodial

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

custodial, tutelary, tutelar

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

overprotective

adj. overly protective; "overprotective parents"

preservative

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

restrictive

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

safety-related

adj. providing or ensuring safety

direct

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

point-blank

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

sincere

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

Using Lexipedia you can visually map out words and concepts in a clean and friendly interface. No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; with Lexipedia you can see related words, synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. And best of all, it's absolutely free!