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Etymology
Etymology tree English evasive Middle English -ly English -ly English evasively From evasive + -ly.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most evasively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more evasively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |