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# evasively

«evasively» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that avoids giving a clear, direct answer or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (evasively)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that avoids giving a clear, direct answer or avoids doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show that a character is hiding something or does not want to say the truth: «Maybe,» he said evasively. Readers should notice: an evasive answer is a clue. From the verb «evade» (to escape or avoid).

### examples

- «I might have seen it,» he said evasively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x1)
- Toad answered evasively when the Badger asked about the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x2)
- She looked away and spoke evasively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x3)
- When asked who broke the vase, the twins answered evasively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x4)
- The politician replied evasively to the question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x5)
- «Oh, somewhere,» said the Cat evasively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x6)
- He shrugged evasively and changed the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/#x7)

### note

Adverb of «evasive». Noun: evasion. Related verb: evade (evade a question, evade capture). It suggests the person is avoiding something on purpose.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «evasively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.