Antonyms for evading

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-veyd

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈveɪd

Definition of evading

Origin : 1510s, "escape," from Middle French evader, from Latin evadere "to escape, get away," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + vadere "to go, walk" (see vamoose). Related: Evaded; evading. Special sense of "escape by trickery" is from 1530s.

verb get away from

Example sentences :

"You are evading the main point, Rushton," said the superintendent.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

"I congratulate you on your success in evading it," observed Brentwick, undisturbed.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Low-lying alligator, evading the eyesight and discouraging hope!
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

But, evading him, she towered, lean and malevolent as a fury.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

He had often said he would surrender to his pursuers rather than kill his mount in evading them.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

"I guess that does sound funny," he admitted, evading her indignant eye.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

"He's from this side of Banagher, sir," said Malone, evading the question.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

He had wormed this fact out of her by that time because Flora had got tired of evading the question.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

"It is the accent of Naples, signora," said he, evading her question.
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

I did not wish to be quarantined, and determined on evading it.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for evading

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