non-committally

Had someone spoke to him at that very instant as the next it was gone, he would have answered softly, non-committally; in his mind, however, his voice clear and his tone dry, he would have snapped, glaring.

A Man Felix S. 2011

Smoke squared his shoulders and laughed non-committally.

THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE 2010

Sometimes, people from outside the Traveller community view the revealing outfits in a negative light, intones the marvellous Barbara non-committally.

TV review: My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas; Money; and Imagine: Books - the Last Chapter? 2011

“Humph,” grumbled Hart non-committally, tugging at his great periwig—new and too mousy for his rosy colouring and ill fitting to boot.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

Vance Corliss shook his head non-committally, and laughed.

CHAPTER 8 2010

“Humph,” grumbled Hart non-committally, tugging at his great periwig—new and too mousy for his rosy colouring and ill fitting to boot.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

(A pause, in which Starkweather waits non-committally.)

THEFT 2010

"It would be a remarkable discovery," I said non-committally, for the whole thing seemed too fantastic for aught but speculative purposes.

Moon Face:The Shadow and the Flash 2010

For Hinton, an important feature of his Perception-Illusion Disjunctions is that they do not report what is happening to the subject, as distinct from saying, non-committally, that one of a number of things is happening.

Petty Injuries 2009

He nodded sympathetically and non-committally, though he did admit the school's fault in not notifying parents of the original teacher's long-term absence.

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