prevaricating

The chief addressed Julia in a tone of authority, imitating the counsel for the crown when examining a prevaricating witness.

In order that she might continue to think him so, he would go on prevaricating forever, if necessary.

Here the prevaricating waiting-maid told barely the truth in words: Mad.

Mrs. Norman made the most common, and—where the object is to baffle curiosity—the most useless of prevaricating replies.

Randal flattered himself that he had made a prevaricating reply simply impossible.