Her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an evasive answer. From Dictionary.com.
The pilots flew evasively and aborted the mission. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: PMC and Wikileaks] Reference
"Few of us are," returned the detective evasively. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference
"How did you get that idea?" asked Phil evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
"Oh, just out for a walk," replied Tom, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck] Reference
The latter detected this, and answered evasively. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
"We must wait till she comes," Elsie said, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
"He a'n't been here," replied Mrs. Lawton, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
"Thishyer's a short cut," growled the other evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
"Didn't know he went to Dawson," he replied evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
"I'm by or'nar glad to see ye," he replied, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
"Oh, I can't tell you now," Freda answered, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
"How could I be angry with you?" he replied evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
"The idea is certainly original," I answered evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
"What is he going to preach about?" he asked evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The First Soprano] Reference
"She will be here a little later," said Grace evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
"Not connected with Art," continued Langhetti, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"Oh, I was merely comparing the two," he replied evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
"I wouldn't be so sure if I were you," replied Jo evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
"That is something to be considered too," he said evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
"Oh, I was just -- just wondering," returned Russ, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys] Reference
"I've lived every day I've been here," he answered evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
"I-- well, I wouldn't be sure, either," answered Ed evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
"My father does not object to him," replied the girl evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
"Just something I was thinking about," Beth answered evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"He is not one of your acquaintances," replied Nell, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
"You saw what was printed in the papers," he answered evasively. From Wordnik.com. [A Husband by Proxy] Reference
"The matter's worth thinking over," answered the fool, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
"I know not that I understand you," said the renegade, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life] Reference
"Apples are high down in York this fall," she answered, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"One we had once," Cyn replied evasively, glad there was something. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
"We'll be getting some food at Killochrie," Elsie said, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Seeley stared at him like a man in a trance and replied evasively. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
"So it was," he answered, evasively, "what a good memory you have.". From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
"What difference does it make where I was?" she answered evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
"He was frightened, I presume," returned the young girl, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
"I don't recollect naming any price," said the landlord, evasively. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
America, and I answered, evasively, that I wanted to see the world. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
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