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Directed towards avoidance or escape

Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature

Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed

Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure

Without exact limits

Of or pertaining to euphemism

Unwilling to give information

Difficult for the mind to grasp

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Adjective

Directed towards avoidance or escape

“I have had to take evasive action when children have either walked or run straight out in front of my car.”

Adjective

Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic

circumlocutionary

taking the long way

incomprehensible

unstraightforward

misrepresentative

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“Don's evasive answer did not seem to satisfy Jim, who persisted with his haranguing.”

Adjective

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature

hard to pin down

dishonourable^UK

hole-and-corner

under the table

dishonorable^US

behind-the-scenes

under-the-table

behind someone's back

cloak and dagger

intentionally misleading

hole and corner

not to be trusted

difficult to track down

difficult to catch

always on the move

difficult to find

unsportsmanlike

cloak-and-dagger

not straightforward

playing politics

double-crossing

under-the-counter

hole-in-the-corner

not to be depended on

as sharp as a tack

crazy like a fox

unauthorized^US

unauthorised^UK

under the counter

not trustworthy

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

unrecognizable^US

in holes and corners

misrepresenting

like a snake in the grass

economical with the truth

committing perjury

of dubious character

potentially illegal

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

unrecognisable^UK

sailing under false colours

against the rules

behind the scenes

not for publication

not to be disclosed

not in the public domain

under one's hat

strictly confidential

close to one's chest

not for circulation

not to be made public

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Adjective

Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed

lacking sincerity

with tongue in cheek

double-crossing

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Adjective

Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure

cloak-and-dagger

incomprehensible

hard to understand

as clear as mud

beyond comprehension

difficult to understand

over one's head

beyond one's grasp

impossible to understand

full of twists and turns

uncomprehensible

impossible to interpret

clear as dishwater

above one's head

beyond understanding

indistinguishable

shrouded in mystery

full of surprises

hard to explain

thought-provoking

open to question

uninterpretable

not easily understood

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

beyond your grasp

above your head

all Greek to you

all Greek to me

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Adjective

Without exact limits

indistinguishable

open to question

lacking definition

shilly-shallying

open to argument

yet to be decided

blowing hot and cold

clear as dishwater

incomprehensible

sitting on the fence

without character

betwixt and between

hard to make out

in a state of uncertainty

disorganized^US

proving nothing

disorganised^UK

unrecognizable^US

unrecognisable^UK

barely perceptible

unsubstantiated

hard to understand

like doubting Thomas

hemming and hawing

running hot and cold

neither one thing nor the other

in a state of limbo

on the horns of a dilemma

neither fish nor fowl

settling nothing

in no man's land

non-restrictive

unable to decide

humming and hawing

shillyshallying

hardly detectable

hardly noticeable

on the back burner

impressionistic

under advisement

under examination

open to discussion

beyond comprehension

as clear as mud

almost accurate

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

resolving nothing

leaving matters open

not yet established

without foundation

still open to question

still open to doubt

not backed up by evidence

hard to believe

wide of the mark

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to euphemism

Adjective

Unwilling to give information

uncommunicative

mom^US

mum^UK

unconversational

at a loss for words

zipping one's lips

buttoning one's lip

playing one's cards close to one's chest

undemonstrative

incommunicative

uncompanionable

self-restrained

non-communicative

bereft of speech

unable to get a word out

self-sufficient

self-controlled

unable to speak

individualistic

self-supporting

not forthcoming

socially inhibited

self-interested

zipped one's lips

have tight chops

self-centred^UK

could hear a pin drop

self-centered^US

in the background

indistinguishable

knocked for six

cool as cucumber

playing your cards close to your chest

hard to make out

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Adjective

Trifling

pass-remarkable

over-censorious

over-particular

unfavourable^UK

unaccommodating

hard to satisfy

high-maintenance

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Adjective

Difficult for the mind to grasp

imperceptible to the touch

indistinguishable

hard to describe

unable to be touched

unrecognizable^US

too little too late

unrecognisable^UK

lacking definition

impossible to detect

out of this world

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