évasivement

Les députés répondaient évasivement que la question agraire serait résolue par l'Assemblée constituante.
The deputies answered evasively that the land question would be decided by the Constituent Assembly.
Parfois, si nous posons des questions à d'autres gurus, ils nous répondent évasivement et se soustraient diplomatiquement à notre enquête.
If we ask some questions of other gurus, they may give some evasive replies, as if escaping the question.
J'ai posé quelques questions. À ces questions, il répondait parfois très intelligemment, parfois très évasivement.
He asked if I had any questions, and I asked a few, which he answered very cleverly, meaning that when he couldn't answer, he'd say something vague.
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