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"

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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