Evasive
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

COY
Showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement; "a politician coy about his intentions"

SLY
Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

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DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

EELY

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DODGY
Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

CAGEY
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

VAGUE
Not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

PETTY
Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

FISHY
Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

CLOSE
The concluding part of any performance

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SHADDY

TRICKY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

SECRET
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

ROTTEN
Having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"

ILLGOT

AMORAL

SLIPPY

SHIFTY

SHIFTY
Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"

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TRIVIAL
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

SLIDING
Being a smooth continuous motion

UNCLEAR
Not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting"

UNCLEAR
Not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting"

POLITIC
Marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"

IMMORAL
Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

OBLIQUE
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

HEDGING
Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

ELUSORY

DUBIOUS
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

CUNNING
Showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

CRYPTIC
Having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"

CROOKED
Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

CORRUPT
Alter from the original

ELUSIVE
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

DEVIOUS
Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

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SLIPPERY
Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

INDIRECT
Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

UNSAVORY
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

TRIFLING
The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

SINISTER
On or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"

SHIRKING
The evasion of work or duty

DOUBTFUL
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

DISCREET
Heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

CRIMINAL
Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

PICAYUNE
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

CAVILING

CAVILING

CAPTIOUS
Tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

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AMBIGUOUS
Having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

CASUISTIC
Of or relating to or practicing casuistry; "overly subtle casuistic reasoning"

SHUFFLING
Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

EQUIVOCAL
Open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson

UNETHICAL
Not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices"

UNDERHAND
Marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

SHAMELESS
Feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"

SECRETIVE
Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"

QUIBBLING

PALTERING
A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

NOTKOSHER

INSIDIOUS
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

INSINCERE
Lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

ILLGOTTEN

FELONIOUS
Involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"

DECEPTIVE
Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"

DECEPTIVE
Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"

DECEITFUL
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

DISHONEST
Capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

CORRUPTED
Ruined in character or quality

CORRUPTED
Ruined in character or quality

CHOPLOGIC

CHOPLOGIC

BICKERING
A quarrel about petty points

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SUSPICIOUS
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

SUSPICIOUS
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

ROUNDABOUT
A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

NITPICKING

MISLEADING
Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"

INTANGIBLE
Assets that are saleable though not material or physical

FRAUDULENT
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

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UNDERHANDED
Marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

SOPHISTICAL
Plausible but misleading

SOPHISTICAL
Plausible but misleading

MALINGERING
Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"

MALINGERING
Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"

DISSEMBLING
The act of deceiving

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NONCOMMITTAL
Refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like; "her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together"