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Discover LudwigThe phrase "evasive answer" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to an answer that avoids directly addressing a question or issue. For example: The politician would not give a direct answer to the question, instead giving an evasive answer.
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"I was always ready with some evasive answer," he writes.
His reply is a long, somewhat jumbled and evasive answer.
"I have my ways," was the evasive answer.
I probably gave some evasive answer, or one that would permit gaining time.
I asked what it meant and I received an evasive answer.
It's a smooth, yet somewhat evasive answer -- crafty, like a veteran pitcher or a veteran politician.
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In fact, we just witnessed a series of memory failures, evasive answers and evasion of responsibility.
We're used to politicians giving us evasive answers.
Instead, when asked about making peace with Israel, Hamas representatives offered nuanced, if evasive, answers.
Pressed with a direct question, they took long drags from cigarettes and composed evasive answers.
The skills minister Nick Boles defended Cameron's initial evasive answers about disclosures in the Panama Papers.
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