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to act in order to avoid danger or an unpleasant situation The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision.
adverb “I'm not sure,” she replied evasively.
noun [uncountable] Politicians are often accused of evasiveness.See evasive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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