Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By evasion or equivocation; in a manner to avoid a direct reply or charge.
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- adverb in an
evasive manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with evasion; in an evasive manner
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Examples
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You know, kind of answering the question evasively, which is the best proof of his guilt.
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Every time I suggest an activity, without fail he'll very evasively which is what passes for politely here nix anything interesting.
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Every time I suggest an activity, without fail he'll very evasively which is what passes for politely here nix anything interesting.
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Every time I suggest an activity, without fail he'll very evasively which is what passes for politely here nix anything interesting.
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The secretary depicted Lloyd as “groping for some practical solution,” Pineau as “unsympathetic,” and Fawzi as “somewhat evasively disposed to move toward what might be an acceptable solution.”
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Malemute Kid had caught Belden's eye, and he, scenting the wind, replied evasively, "A right part while back."
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In the 1992 Penguin edition a footnote points out that with these words the Englishman "is evasively transferring blame to history which is, after all, his own history…".
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Malemute Kid had caught Belden's eye, and he, scenting the wind, replied evasively, "A right part while back."
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When someone asked if the disabled staff at Remploy's Wrexham factory are safe, Maude evasively reminded them (again) of the debts bequeathed by Labour.
Sketch: Quangos scorched as Buck Passing Council goes up in flames Michael White 2010
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"I never met but one editor in my life," she replied evasively, "and I, he — well, we didn't get on very well together."
Amateur Night 2010
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