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evasively

evasively adverb: in an evasive manner.

Adverb

evasively (comparative more evasively, superlative most evasively)

  1. In an evasive manner.
    • "Take those things I sold yesterday. How much did you make on them?" "I couldn't say, dearie. I disremember what I paid for them," said Mrs Dibble evasively.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 51
    • Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was bent” in December 1974, Freddie [Mercury]answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]”2019 January 22, Joe Sommerlad, “The reasons why Bohemian Rhapsody faced such a massive backlash”, in The Independent

Forms of evasively

comparativemore evasively
superlativemost evasively

Origin of evasively

From evasive + -ly.

Questions about evasively

What does evasively mean?
Evasively means in an evasive manner.
What part of speech is evasively?
Evasively is an adverb.

Words near evasively in the dictionary

  1. evasional
  2. evasions
  3. evasive
  4. evasive action
  5. evasive actions
  6. evasively
  7. evasiveness
  8. evasivenesses
  9. evat
  10. evatromonoside
  11. evats

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