evasively

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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