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e·va·sive a. Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- E*va*sive*ly , adv. -- E*va*sive*ness, n.
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evasively
adv : 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"