hedginglyadv.
So as to hedge (see hedge v. 8).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] > with avoidance of issues
hedgingly1894
1894 Sat. Rev. 12 May 488 The contention which the Chancellor of the Exchequer merely hedgingly threw out on the first night of the debate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adv.1894- to take the weight off
- to take the weight off one's feet
- to take the whiff
- to take the white veil
- to take the will for the deed
- to take the wind out of the sails of
- to take the wire edge off
- to take the woe with the weal
- to take the word
- to take the words out of a person's mouth
- to take the worse and leave the better
- to take the worse and scorn the better
- to take the wrong pig by the ear
- to take the wrong pig by the tail
- to take their cloots
- to take things as one finds them
- to take things as they come
- to take thought
- to take through
- to take through hand
- to take through hands
- to take til heart
- to take till
- to take time
- to take time by the forehead