evasiveness

[Eng. evasive; -ne .] The quality of being evasive; equivocation, prevarication. 1. ( Of all forms ): The evening; the close or latter part of the day. "Toward thilke stude, as the sonne draweth agen eue." Robert of Gloucester, p. 14. 2. The day or the latter part of the day immediately preceding a church festival; the vigil or fast to be observed before a holiday. "Clo. Was't not at Hallow mas, Master Froth? Froth . All-hallond eve ." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , ii. 1. II. Fig . ( of the form eve): The period or point of time immediately preceding some important event. *ēve (2), s . [EAVES.]