单词 | evasiveness |
释义 | > as lemmaseˈvasiveness eˈvasiveness n. the quality of being evasive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Evasiveness,..evading Quality. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xiii. 135 That self-justifying evasiveness into which he was often hurried in public. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 288 Most recent controversies are marked by obliqueness, evasiveness, a shiftiness of issue. < as lemmas |
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