evading не найдено
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=answer+was+evading%2Canswer+was+evasive%2Canswer+was+indirect%2Canswer+was+vague&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Canswer%20was%20evasive%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Canswer%20was%20indirect%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Canswer%20was%20vague%3B%2Cc0

well...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_AUKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA723&lpg=PA723&dq=%22evading+answer%22&source=bl&ots=fS_Gd6WjXH&sig=2rS3kolbNFSMKLr6TawKrPhINaE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuzoyelP7XAhUCDMAKHcvEC6AQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22evading%20answer%22&f=false

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4NdG-tRopEMC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=%22evading+answer%22&source=bl&ots=kLwiLQd3oM&sig=z4rKv1hp7EKIEbexoWGs1ALoVnI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuzoyelP7XAhUCDMAKHcvEC6AQ6AEINzAE#v=onepage&q=%22evading%20answer%22&f=false

...

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FE7KCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT48&lpg=PT48&dq=%22evading+reply%22&source=bl&ots=UHEUeNFXsZ&sig=j_o1xNCYcUrMA69QAbfjfyw1OPs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4tO34lP7XAhUnKcAKHYEaCi0Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22evading%20reply%22&f=false

https://www.christianblog.com/blog/watchmanjohn/the-goal-of-unreserved-resignation-from-genesis-22/ - "could be seen as an evading reply"

Ха-ха, один гуглёныш другому противоречит. Интересные дела, спасибо!

Порядок слов разный