evading

elusive

brief ephemeral flying passing short temporary volatile wandering

avoiding errant erratic escaping evanescent fleeting flitting fugacious impermanent momentary moving short-lived transitory unstable

enduring lasting lengthy long permanent

confronting facing

ethereal unreal

abstract eluding hypothetical impalpable imponderable slight

abstruse airy dim elusive evanescent evasive imperceptible inappreciable incorporeal indeterminate insensible invisible rare shadowy slender unapparent uncertain unobservable unsubstantial unsure vague

factual real

definite obvious palpable perceptible tangible

pretending shirking slacking

apathetic careless indifferent uninterested

active energetic toiling

dodging

artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

facing meeting