Both Uses of
evade
in
The Age of Innocence
- She was frank, poor darling, because she had nothing to conceal, assured because she knew of nothing to be on her guard against; and with no better preparation than this, she was to be plunged overnight into what people evasively called "the facts of life."†
Chpt 6
- But, since he could hardly put it in that way to Winsett, he answered evasively: "Look at the career of the honest man in American politics!†
Chpt 14 *
Definition:
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(evade as in: evade the enemy) physically avoid or get away from; or: said of something that is hard to obtain