E*va"sive*ness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
         Answered evasive of the sly request.     --Pope.
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         Stammered out a few evasive phrases.     --Macaulay.
   -- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

evasiveness \e*va"siv*eness\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v*n[e^]s), n.
   Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a
   question while trying to seem as though one is answering.

   Syn: equivocation.
        [WordNet 1.5]