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• s  deliberately vague or ambiguous
  his answers were brief, constrained and evasive
  an evasive statement
• s  avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
  pilots are taught to take evasive action

• McAlhany says he tried to see what was happening just in case he needed to take evasive action.
• The woman was pretty evasive on the phone.
• Levin, 71 and first elected in 1978, says he considers congressional hearings a critical part of his job, spending as much as 20 hours prepping for each one so an evasive witness .

News & Articles

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• BNL’s Turner determined to make it back to state
  HENRYVILLE — Trey Turner took no evasive action. He didn’t bolt for the restroom or the food stand. Didn’t jump on a golf cart and ride away. The Bedford North La ...
  June 9, 2013 - Bedford Times-Mail

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York Daily News
  Part of the reason we were in the C-17 is because part of it is armored,Clinton said. "I was moved up into the cockpit. Everyone else was told to sit on their bullet proof vests. We came in in an evasive maneuver. Those of you who have...
• Bart Stupak in The Associated Press
  Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said the CEO's "evasive and obstructive" responses during Thursday's congressional testimony further damaged BP's reputation.
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio in SI.com
  He had to slam on his brakes and take evasive action,Arpaio said of the officer. "Luckily, the deputy was alert."