Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
EVASIVELY
evasively
(adverb) with evasion; in an evasive manner; “her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
evasively (comparative more evasively, superlative most evasively)
In an evasive manner.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
EVASIVE
E*va"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©vasif. See Evade.]
Definition: Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope. Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay.
– E*va"sive*ly , adv.
– E*va"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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