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evasively
(encz) | evasively,vyhýbavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Evasively
(gcide) | evasive \e*va"sive\ ([-e]*v[=a]"s[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif.
See Evade.]
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
avoiding by artifice.
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Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
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Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- E*va"sive*ly, adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.
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evasively
(wn) | evasively
adv 1: with evasion; in an evasive manner; "her husband seemed
to know many of the people who were named, but he replied
evasively when asked who they were" |
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evasively
(encz) | evasively,vyhýbavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
evasively
(wn) | evasively
adv 1: with evasion; in an evasive manner; "her husband seemed
to know many of the people who were named, but he replied
evasively when asked who they were" |
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