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| circumlocution |
the use of roundabout, indirect, or evasive language in speech or writing. [1/2 definitions] |
| coy |
unwilling to reveal one's intentions; evasive. [1/3 definitions] |
| dodge |
a sudden evasive movement or change of direction. [1/6 definitions] |
| dodger |
an evasive person, or one who evades a specified obligation such as military service, payment of taxes, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| fob2 |
to put (someone) off in an evasive or deceitful way (usu. fol. by off). [1/2 definitions] |
| fudge2 |
to avoid a question or an issue; be evasive. [1/3 definitions] |
| runaround |
an evasive response, usu. to a question or request. [1/2 definitions] |
| serpentine1 |
cunning and evasive; treacherous; untrustworthy. [1/2 definitions] |
| shifty |
not sincere, honest, or trustworthy; evasive or tricky. [1/2 definitions] |
| slippery |
not trustworthy; evasive. [1/3 definitions] |
| waffle2 |
an act or instance of using vague or evasive speech, or such speech itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| weasel |
to be evasive or deliberately ambiguous; mislead. [1/4 definitions] |
| weasel words |
statements that are intentionally misleading, ambiguous, evasive, or indirect. |
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