Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Evasive \E*va"sive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]vasif. See {Evade}.]
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
avoiding by artifice.
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
Answered evasive of the sly request. --Pope.
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. --Macaulay.
-- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n.
Source : WordNet®
evasively
adv : 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"