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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The strong winds are indirectly caused by an atmospheric river battering California, as the storm is providing moisture to a weather system that is causing the winds in Nevada, NWS meteorologist Jon Bongard told Newsweek.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 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
  • The spokesperson cited a 2024 case in which Spotify found that a fraudulent artist who falsely obtained $10 million in royalties from various streaming services had extracted just $60,000 from Spotify.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2025
  • He was again arrested by the LAPD in 2004 for falsely reporting an emergency.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The county has estimated that more than $300,000 has been paid out erroneously so far and the amount is continuing to grow.
    Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Property owners who believe they have erroneously been charged for trash service can fill out a new protest form on the city’s website, Bauer said.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Evasively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasively. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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