| ADJECTIVE | all | evasive | deliberately vague or ambiguous |
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| all | evasive | avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire |
| Sounds | ihvey'sihv; ihvey'zihv; iyvey'sihv; iyvey'zihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | deliberately vague or ambiguous. | |
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| Broader | equivocal, ambiguous | open to two or more interpretations |
| Spanish | engañoso, evasivo, vago | |
| Catalan | evasiu | |
| Nouns | evasiveness | intentionally vague or ambiguous |
| Adverbs | evasively | with evasion |
| Verbs | evade | practice evasion |
| Meaning | avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire. | |
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| Example | "pilots are taught to take evasive action" | |
| Broader | protective | Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind |
| Spanish | evasivo | |
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