evasively

🇺🇸 /ɪˈveɪsɪvli/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈveɪsɪvli/
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in a way that avoids giving a clear answer or avoiding the truth

He answered the question evasively, avoiding any direct response.

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adv. in a way that avoids giving a clear answer or avoiding the truth

Synonyms

insincerely adv. 不真诚地 erroneously adv. 错误地 falsely adv. 错误地, 不真诚地 circuitously adv. 绕圈子地 indirectly adv. 间接地, 不明确地 ambiguously adv. 模棱两可地

Antonyms

baldly adv. 直截了当地 forthrightly adv. 直率地 candidly adv. 坦率地 straightforwardly adv. 直接地, 坦率地 straightforward adj. 简单的, 坦率的 plainly adv. 清楚地, 直率地, 朴素地 frankly adv. 坦率地, 老实说 honestly adv. 诚实地, 说真的, 真是的 openly adv. 公开地 plain adj. 朴素的, 无标记的, 清晰的, 坦率的, 普通的, 相貌平平的, 平针 straight adv. 笔直的, 直接地, 端正的, 坦率地, 不停地 directly adv. 径直地, 直接地, 正好, 立即, 很快

Similar Words

elusively adv. 难以捉摸地 evocatively adv. 生动地 expansively adv. 广阔地, 广泛地, 热情地