evasively

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasively
Adverb
  • Linda is tasked with caring for her ambiguously ill child while her husband is out of town for work; their apartment ceiling collapses, forcing her and her daughter into a motel.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The money for movies is allocated indirectly, through independent foundations, such as the Israel Film Fund.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • And the fact that lots of these startups ultimately sell to other startups circuitously makes things even more insular.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Days ahead of the election, voters in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District received mailers from a mysterious group falsely claiming that Republican officials are tracking voter participation and keeping a list of Republicans who don't vote in the special election.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The two were falsely designated as recruits to the university's crew team even though neither ever participated in the sport.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Kelly, the Pennsylvania congressman, was also included in the FBI request, though he was erroneously referred to as a senator.
    Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The story also said erroneously that Stripe took a cut of each transaction.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Evasively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasively. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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