[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That escapes; in the senses of the vb.
1870. Daily News, 15 Nov., 5/4. I have not heard of the escaping English.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 6 Sept., 9/2. They were deluged by the escaping water.
Hence Escapingly adv., in an escaping manner; evasively.
a. 1631. Donne, Paradoxes (1652), 63. To speak oraculously, whisperingly, generally, and therefore escapingly.
