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Definition of Evasiveness
1. Noun. Intentionally vague or ambiguous.
Generic synonyms: Ambiguity, Equivocalness, Untruthfulness
Derivative terms: Equivocate, Evasive, Prevaricate
Definition of Evasiveness
1. Noun. The quality of being evasive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evasiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evasiveness
Literary usage of Evasiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Moral Education by Thomas Clarkson (1808)
"Another trait is that of evasiveness in Speech—this ttt appearance only, arising
from a peculiar regard to truth—and from a caution about the proper use ..."
2. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and by John Jane Smith Wharton (1883)
"... been set out with sufficient precision, it became necessary, from the evasiveness
of the plea, to re-assign the cause of action with fresh particulars. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. Henry Flood, M.P by Flood, Warden (1838)
"Correspondence of the duke of Chandos about the borough of Winchester—evasiveness
of the duke ; a challenge ensues.— Singular deficiency in spirit marked in ..."
4. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1903)
"The evasiveness of the answer apparently consisted in that he said, this (Aphrodite)
stands on the channel, and everybody urinates in front of her; ..."
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