Evasive
Lying
Lying adjective - Telling or containing lies.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: How the reader can tell Jack is most likely being serious and not just flirty, evasive or lying outright — he will call Pete by her entire first name (once he learns it); which name he fully acknowledges is, in his own words, "dreadful".
Source: Literature / Black London - Cannot Tell a Lie The Tyrathca are fundamentally incapable of lying, not for moral reasons, but because they lack the imagination needed to fabricate plausible scenarios that don't exist, so instead they act evasive or withhold information in situations that they believe call for it.
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