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What (who) is evasively - definition
evasively
see evasive
evasive
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Evade; Evasive; Evasion (disambiguation)
a.
Equivocating, shuffling, sophistical, elusive, elusory, shifty.
evasive
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Evade; Evasive; Evasion (disambiguation)
1.
If you describe someone as evasive, you mean that they deliberately avoid giving clear direct answers to questions.
He was evasive about the circumstances of his first meeting with Stanley Dean...
ADJ
• evasively
'I can't possibly comment on that,' Paul said evasively.
ADV: ADV with v
• evasiveness
She looked at him closely to see if his evasiveness was intentional.
N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N
2.
If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them.
At least four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action.
PHRASE: V inflects
Examples of use of evasively
1. Well, perhaps, said Downing Street, grudgingly, evasively.
2. He laughs shyly, and ducks behind his fringe evasively.
3. "I asked a lot of questions about Avraham‘s situation, but the doctors answered tersely, evasively.
4. "It may be possible that the names will be released to the public later today," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov evasively said Monday evening when asked about details of the Putin‘s meeting with Zubkov.
5. "Likewise, Putin‘s being a respected politician should not turn into an official post for him." Asked how Putin‘s successor might feel with a powerful National Leader overseeing his work, Sultygov said evasively, "United Russia will only back a candidate who backs Putin‘s course." «