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Meanings of evasive answer in English

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Usage of evasive answer in English
1
To the plain question put to him Yeh returned an evasive answer.
China
2
He then inquired their attitude towards Brisbau, and received an evasive answer.
Money Island
3
Colonel Zane's light and rather evasive answer did not deceive his wife.
Betty Zane
4
I asked what it meant and I received an evasive answer.
The Guardian
5
And will, I do not doubt, receive the same evasive answer.
A river in the sky
6
And when he asked, she gave him only a lighthearted and evasive answer.
New york: the novel
7
I returned an evasive answer, and left him the picture of ghastly despair.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
8
Marcella made some evasive answer, and they all sauntered back to the drawing-room.
Marcella
9
However, to the first communication only an evasive answer was returned.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 09
10
The sun, when asked to turn spy, gave an evasive answer.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
11
For an instant he reflected, and then gave an evasive answer.
The Prince of Graustark
12
Amy tried to shape some evasive answer, but could say nothing.
New Grub Street
13
That was one evasive answer I wasn't willing to accept.
Bloodfever
14
The countess replied: Give me not this evasive answer, Helena.
Tales from Shakespeare
15
The king gave them a gracious, though an evasive answer.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
16
His evasive answer seemed to make no impression upon her.
Atlantis
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