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evasive — eva·sive /i vā siv, ziv/ adj: tending or intending to evade ◇ Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be… … Law dictionary
evasive — e*va sive ([ e]*v[=a] s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. [ e]vasif. See {Evade}.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. [1913 Webster] Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Evasively — evasive e*va sive ([ e]*v[=a] s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. [ e]vasif. See {Evade}.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. [1913 Webster] Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Evasiveness — evasive e*va sive ([ e]*v[=a] s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. [ e]vasif. See {Evade}.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. [1913 Webster] Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elusive — adjective Date: 1719 tending to elude: as a. tending to evade grasp or pursuit < elusive prey > b. hard to comprehend or define < an elusive concept > c. hard to isolate or identify < a haunting elusive aroma > • elusively adverb • elusiveness … New Collegiate Dictionary
quib|ble|some — «KWIHB uhl suhm», adjective. tending to evade or confuse the real point or truth in petty ways: »Strauss can be evasive, quibblesome and not above beclouding a point with big handfuls of debater s dust (Time) … Useful english dictionary
evasive — Tending or seeking to evade; elusive; shifting; as an evasive argument or plea. If a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required is evasive, a party may make motion for a more definite statement. Fed.R.Civil P. 12(e) … Black's law dictionary
evasive — Tending or seeking to evade; elusive; shifting; as an evasive argument or plea. If a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required is evasive, a party may make motion for a more definite statement. Fed.R.Civil P. 12(e) … Black's law dictionary
Union blockade — Part of the American Civil War An 1861 cartoon map of the blockade, known as Winfield Scott … Wikipedia
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