Evasively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"