The base word of "evasive" is "evasion".
The word "evasive" is an adjective. It describes someone or something that avoids giving direct answers or responses.
I'd probably use 'about', but I don't think it 'needs' either. "When asked to explain his whereabouts, Peter was evasive." or "Peter was evasive about where he had been, when he was asked."
The root "-vad-" in words like invade and evasive comes from the Latin word "vadere," which means "to go." It implies the idea of moving into or through something, as seen in invade meaning to enter or intrude upon, and evasive meaning to avoid or escape through cleverness or trickery.
He was very evasive when his wife asked him why he had lipstick on his collar.
An evasive answer to this can be--- Ma'am, did you see our principal, he was looking for you.
The word 'evasive' is an adjective. An adjective does not have a plural form.Adjectives have a positive, comparative, and superlative form, for example:evasive (positive)more evasive (comparative)most evasive (superlative)
The word "evasive" is an adjective. It describes someone or something that avoids giving direct answers or responses.
The origin of evasive is evade. This word meens to get away with or from something.
He was very evasive when his wife asked him why he had lipstick on his collar.
—If they can't lie their way out of something they are going to be evasive as possible.
Example: Camille was evasive to answer the question if she was the one seen at Myra's party or not.
Try "The witness would not give a simple answer and was clearly being evasive".
shiftyly
Non-evasive is a misspelling of noninvasive. Non-evasive isn't a word. Noninvasive magnet closures are surface mount magnet contacts...
...uh...sneak ninja
Clumsy, lazy, direct, (etc.)
He was very evasive when his wife asked him why he had lipstick on his collar.