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Answer for the clue "Evasive reply ", 5 letters:
parry

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying. 2 (context fencing English) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade. vb. To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.). ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
PARRY was an early example of a chatterbot , implemented in 1972 by psychiatrist Kenneth Colby .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, from French parez! (which commonly would have been heard in fencing lessons), imperative of parer "ward off," from Italian parare "to ward or defend a blow" (see para- (2)). Related: Parried ; parrying . Non-fencing use is from 1718. The noun is ...

Usage examples of parry.

Bill thought that the best description of Wise Owl was given by a lady who sat with him in a circle as a guest of Miss Helen Parry, a lady with wonderful mediumistic gifts.

The Neut managed to parry the attack with Its knife, but not entirely.

Jimmy drew weapons and executed a parry of an overhand slash by Jack, diverting the blade with his dirk, then lunging with his rapier in return.

The gleaming ivory tip of the spear darted at him, but he parried with a ferocious cut of the panga, snapping the spear in half, the point falling to the ice and skittering away.

When Danar del Reginal tentatively extended in sixte, Torrie parried, then disengaged his blade, stepping back, ever so slightly out of line.

But he was sluggish and a little awkward, and Trux parried without suffering any damage.

Wayne Parry was lurking in the reception area, chatting up an unimpressed woman officer on the desk.

But with the scimitar of Hassan of Aleppo stretched over me, with the dangers of the night before me, I was in no mood for a veiled duel of words, for an interchange of glances in thrust and parry, however delightful such warfare might have been with so pretty an adversary.

He got his wind back and parried and dodged and at last ran the Cath through.

Borric, the two men evenly traded blows, answered every thrust with a counterthrust, every parry with a riposte.

The islander easily parried his awkward counterthrust, then raised his blade for another swipe.

Blade took a step backward, parried a downcut with the short-sword, slashed hard crosswise with the broadsword.

If, on the other hand, he delivered different sections of it at different times and places, how could he have elaborated the variations on theme and formula and the inner structural correspondences that distinguish the Homeric epics so sharply from the Yugoslav texts collected by Parry and Lord?

His swift thrust in prime was parried instantly and countered with a flanconnade to his left hand.

He deliberately swung just over the boys head, overbearing Garns hasty effort to parry with his spearshaft, so that the boy could see his father die first.