escapingly

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adverb

By way of escape; so as to get away.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adverbescapingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy way of escape; so as to get away.

    Then all present guzzled escapingly, putting behind them the relationship of their host and hostess.

    1978, Brian Victor Bell, Paper Tiger: Prose Fictions by Five Writers, page 117

Origin

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APA

escapingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapingly

MLA

“escapingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escapingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapingly.

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