'Evasively' definitions:
Definition of 'evasively'
From: WordNet
adverb
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"
Definition of 'Evasively'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay. -- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]