indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
oblique β neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
equivocal β Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.
ambiguous β If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
cagey β If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
vague β not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
deceitful β If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
tricky β given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
deceptive β If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
false β not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
unclear β free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
casuistic β of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
devious β If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
dissembling β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
equivocating β Present participle of equivocate.
fugitive β a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
greasy β smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
intangible β not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
lying β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
shuffling β moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
